Wood Nanotechnology for Strong, Mesoporous, and Hydrophobic Biocomposites for Selective Separation of Oil/Water Mixtures

Tremendous efforts have been dedicated to developing effective and eco-friendly approaches for separation of oil-water mixtures. Challenges remain in terms of complex processing, high material cost, low efficiency, and scale-up problems. Inspired by the tubular porosity and hierarchical organization of wood, a strong, mesoporous, and hydrophobic three-dimensional wood structure is created for selective oil/water separation. A delignified wood template with hydrophilic characteristics is obtained by removal of lignin. The delignified wood template is further functionalized by a reactive epoxy-amine system. This wood/epoxy biocomposite reveals hydrophobic/oleophilic functionality and shows oil absorption as high as 15 g/g. The wood/epoxy biocomposite has a compression yield strength and modulus up to 18 and 263 MPa, respectively, at a solid volume fraction of only 12%. This is more than 20 times that of cellulose-based foams/aerogels reconstructed from cellulose nanofibrils. The favorable performance is ascribed to the natural hierarchical honeycomb structure of wood. Oil can be selectively absorbed not only from below but also from above the water surface. High oil/water absorption capacity of both types of wood structures (delignified template and polymer-modified biocomposite) allows for applications in oil/water separation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

Enthalten in:

ACS nano - 12(2018), 3 vom: 27. März, Seite 2222-2230

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fu, Qiliang [VerfasserIn]
Ansari, Farhan [VerfasserIn]
Zhou, Qi [VerfasserIn]
Berglund, Lars A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Composite
Delignification
Hierarchical
Journal Article
Mechanical
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Wetting
Wood modification

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Date Completed 18.03.2019

Date Revised 18.03.2019

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsnano.8b00005

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM28072151X