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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 177, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.114554
Keywords
Cotton fabrics; Cellulose; Hierarchical architecture; Underwater superoleophobic; Emulsion separation
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Funding
- Excellent Young Science and Technology Personnel Training Project of Xinjiang, China [2018Q034]
- Research Start-up Funding of Chengdu University, China [2081920016]
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A superhydrophilic textile with underwater superoleophobicity has been developed by constructing a hydrophilic hierarchical layer of cellulose on the surface of commercial cotton fabrics. The textile exhibits excellent separation performance for oil-in-water emulsions and has potential applications in various fields.
Superhydrophilic textiles with underwater superoleophobicity have shown excellent separation performance for emulsified oil in wastewater, but their hierarchical structure and hydrophilic chemical design are complicated. Herein, a hydrophilic hierarchical layer of cellulose is constructed on commercial cotton fabrics surface through in-situ self dissolving and regenerating strategy. During the process, zinc chloride solution is used as solvent to dissolve cellulose, and sodium sulfate is used as pore forming agent to obtain open porous structure. The cellulose provides both hydrophilic surface and hierarchical structural foundation for the remodeled cotton fabrics (RCFs) without any further chemical modification. Based on the robust mechanical stability, superhydrophilicity, underwater superoleophobicity (theta(oil) > 150 degrees), and anti-oil fouling property, the RCFs achieved a remarkable separation performance for oil-in-water emulsions with high separation efficiency (> 99.0%) and recyclable antifouling performance. The developed RCFs assembly strategy provides an excellent membrane for oil-in-water emulsion separation, and a new prospect for the convenient and universal construct of other superwetting cellulose-based materials.
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