Journal
MATERIALS & DESIGN
Volume 183, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2019.108115
Keywords
Freeze-drying; Magnetic; Nanocellulose; Aerobeads; Superabsorbent
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- Academy of Finland [298295]
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Superabsorbent aerogels are fascinating materials for oil and chemical spillage cleanup. However, the development of an economic and efficient superabsorbent is still highly challenging. In this study, we introduce a novel approach to prepare very low density (0.005 g/cm(3)), highly porous (>99.6%), economic, reusable, hydrophobic, and magnetic spherical cellulose nanofiber-derived aerogels (i.e., aerobeads) prepared from waste boxboards via a simple freeze-drying procedure. The spherical aerobeads were fabricated easily after dropping a hydrophobized nano-fibrillated cellulose solution containing magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticles into liquid nitrogen. The aerobeads showed outstanding absorption efficiency for several oils and organic solvents (up to 279 g/g with castor oil) and demonstrated excellent selectivity for absorbing oil from an oil/water mixture. Moreover, they were easily collected by an external magnet, indicating excellent recyclability and reusable for at least 10 cycles while still retaining supreme absorption capacity (up to 101 g/g for diesel oil). This study proposes an economic and novel method for the large-scale preparation of spherical superabsorbent aerobeads, making them a promising candidate for the efficient and sustainable cleaning of oil and chemical spills. (C) 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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