Carbon materials as oil sorbents: a review on the synthesis and performance

S Gupta, NH Tai - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Oil spill accidents have urged scientists across the world to develop an immediate cleanup
technology because the spilled oil significantly affects the ecological and environmental …

Carbon fiber aerogel made from raw cotton: a novel, efficient and recyclable sorbent for oils and organic solvents

H Bi, Z Yin, X Cao, X Xie, C Tan, X Huang… - Advanced …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In order to solve the environmental and ecological problems in the earth arising from the
increasing pollution from the crude oil, petroleum products and toxic organic solvents, it is …

Spongy graphene as a highly efficient and recyclable sorbent for oils and organic solvents

H Bi, X Xie, K Yin, Y Zhou, S Wan, L He… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
In this work, spongy graphene (SG), a shape‐mouldable and nanoporous material with a
high specific surface area used as a versatile and recyclable sorbent material, is proposed …

Outstanding adsorption performance of graphene–carbon nanotube aerogels for continuous oil removal

S Kabiri, DNH Tran, T Altalhi, D Losic - Carbon, 2014 - Elsevier
We report a green approach for synthesis of graphene–carbon nanotube aerogels with three
dimensional (3D) interconnected networks prepared from natural graphite rocks. A one-step …

Carbon microtube aerogel derived from kapok fiber: an efficient and recyclable sorbent for oils and organic solvents

P Song, J Cui, J Di, D Liu, M Xu, B Tang, Q Zeng… - ACS …, 2019 - ACS Publications
A carbon microtube aerogel (CMA) with hydrophobicity, strong adsorption capacity, and
superb recyclability was obtained by a feasible approach with economical raw material …

Highly enhanced performance of spongy graphene as an oil sorbent

H Bi, X Xie, K Yin, Y Zhou, S Wan, RS Ruoff… - Journal of Materials …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This work demonstrates a brand-new spongy graphene with a highly enhanced
performance as an oil sorbent. The absorption capacity of the new spongy graphene to …

A highly porous solvent free PVDF/expanded graphite foam for oil/water separation

R Bentini, A Pola, LG Rizzi, A Athanassiou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
The environmental impact caused by natural and industrial water containing oils and
hydrocarbons or solvents is nowadays of great concern, highlighting the need to improve the …

A facile approach to ultralight and recyclable 3D self-assembled copolymer/graphene aerogels for efficient oil/water separation

S Zhang, G Liu, Y Gao, Q Yue, B Gao, X Xu… - Science of The Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper, a facile approach was developed for highly effective oil/water separation by
incorporating of the dimethyldiallylammonium chloride acrylamide polymer (P (AM …

Ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents in wastewater treatment: recent endeavours

A Sarkar, S Pandey - International Journal of Environmental Science and …, 2024 - Springer
Contamination in global water world has reached to such an extreme extent that scientist
community is making tireless efforts to find the way to recycle, reuse or recirculate the …

Renewable eugenol-based polymeric oil-absorbent microspheres: preparation and oil absorption ability

J Deng, B Yang, C Chen, J Liang - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2015 - ACS Publications
This article reports a novel type of polymeric microspheres derived from a renewable
biomass, eugenol, via a facile and effective suspension polymerization approach. On the …