Designing novel superwetting surfaces for high-efficiency oil–water separation: design principles, opportunities, trends and challenges

L Qiu, Y Sun, Z Guo - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Membrane filtration and absorption strategies based on superwetting surfaces for oil–water
separation have regained tremendous attention due to their being low cost, highly efficient …

An overview of regenerable wood-based composites: preparation and applications for flame retardancy, enhanced mechanical properties, biomimicry, and …

M Lian, Y Huang, Y Liu, D Jiang, Z Wu, B Li… - … Composites and Hybrid …, 2022 - Springer
With the increasing awareness of environmental protection and demand for smart homes
and high-performance composites, how to reduce the cost and improve their mechanical …

Superhydrophobic nanohybrid sponges for separation of oil/water mixtures

NY Abu-Thabit, OJ Uwaezuoke, MHA Elella - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
The industrial revolution has led to different types of environmental pollution, including
frequent leakage of crude oil to marine waters and the contamination of wastewater with …

Compressible carbon sponges from delignified wood for fast cleanup and enhanced recovery of crude oil spills by joule heat and photothermal effect

MB Wu, S Huang, TY Liu, J Wu… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fast and efficient cleanup of crude oil spills is still a global challenge because most of the
crude oils are highly viscous and lowly fluid. Herein, a kind of polydimethylsiloxane …

Novel Ti3C2Tx MXene wrapped wood sponges for fast cleanup of crude oil spills by outstanding Joule heating and photothermal effect

PL Wang, C Ma, Q Yuan, T Mai, MG Ma - Journal of Colloid and Interface …, 2022 - Elsevier
Remediation of crude oil spills is a great challenge owing to the poor mobility and high
viscosity of crude oil. Herein, a porous polydimethylsiloxane@ wood sponge/MXene …

A comprehensive review of lignocellulosic biomass derived materials for water/oil separation

X Li, X Jin, Y Wu, D Zhang, F Sun, H Ma… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
With rapid socioeconomic development, oil is widely used in all aspects of modern society.
However, the extraction, transport, and processing of oil inevitably lead to the production of …

Cleanup of oils and organic solvents from contaminated water by biomass-based aerogel with adjustable compression elasticity

S Ding, X Han, L Zhu, H Hu, L Fan, S Wang - Water Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Leakage of oils and organic solvents poses a significant threat to aquatic environments.
Here, low-temperature carbonized aerogels with highly porous and anisotropic structures …

Wood-nanotechnology-based membrane for the efficient purification of oil-in-water emulsions

S Kim, K Kim, G Jun, W Hwang - ACS nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
With increasing amounts of oily water discharged from industrial and domestic sources,
purifying oily emulsions using effective and eco-friendly methods is of great significance …

Microplastic detection and remediation through efficient interfacial solar evaporation for immaculate water production

Z Yu, Y Li, Y Zhang, P Xu, C Lv, W Li, B Maryam… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Freshwater scarcity and microplastics (MPs) pollution are two concerning and intertwined
global challenges. In this work, we propose a “one stone kills two birds” strategy by …

A review of 3D superhydrophilic porous materials for oil/water separation

S Li, L Huang, D Wang, S Zhou, X Sun, R Zhao… - Separation and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The separation of oil/water mixtures has become a major problem worldwide as oil spills
and the discharge of oily wastewater. Materials with special wettable surfaces have been …