期刊
POLYMERS
卷 15, 期 3, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym15030638
关键词
switchable wettability; wood materials; carbon foams; oil recovery; oil cleanup
A pH-responsive carbon foam made from liquefied larch sawdust was developed in this study. The foam exhibited superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity at different pH levels, allowing for efficient absorption and recovery of oil and organics. The pH-responsive foam showed promising prospects in oil and organic recovery with only a 2.8% loss after 15 cycles of reuse.
The global challenge of oil pollution calls for the efficient selective recovery of oil or organics from oil-water mixtures. A pH-responsive carbon foam (CF) made from liquefied larch sawdust (LLS) with switchable wettability was fabricated in this work. After grafted with poly 4-vinyl pyridine (P4vp), the CF obtained a switchable wettability surface, which allowed the CF to exhibit superhydrophilicity and superhydrophobicity at different pH levels, respectively. The results revealed that the pH-responsive CF possessed a three-dimensional (3D) spongy-like skeleton and porous structure with a diameter between 50 and 200 mu m. Thus, the pH-responsive CF could absorb 15-35 g/g of oil/organics in a neutral aqueous solution at pH = 7 and desorb all the absorbate within 40 s after immersion in an aqueous solution at pH = 1. Moreover, only about 2.8% loss was observed for organic (chloroform) absorption and recovery after reusing up to 15 cycles, which indicated promising prospects in oil and organic recovery.
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