Membrane pollution caused by separating oily wastewater is a big challenge for membrane separation technology.Recently,plant-/mussel-inspired interface chemistry has received more and more attention.Herein,a high anti...Membrane pollution caused by separating oily wastewater is a big challenge for membrane separation technology.Recently,plant-/mussel-inspired interface chemistry has received more and more attention.Herein,a high antifouling poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)membrane,coated with tea polyphenols(TP,extracted from green tea)and 3-amino-propyl-triethoxysilane(APTES),was developed to purify oil-inwater emulsions.ATR-FTIR,XPS and SEM were used to demonstrate the evolution of surface biomimetic hybrid coatings.The performances of the developed membranes were investigated by pure water permeability and oil rejection for various surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions.The experimental results revealed that the membrane deposited with a mass ratio of 0.1/0.2 exhibited ultrahigh pure water permeability(14570 L·m^(-2)·h^(-1)·bar^(-1),1 bar=0.1 MPa)and isooctane-in-water emulsion permeability(5391 L·m^(-2)·h^(-1)·bar^(-1))with high separation efficiency(>98.9%).Even treated in harsh environment(acidic,alkaline and saline)for seven days,the membrane still maintained considerable underwater oleophobic property(148°–153°).The fabricated plant-inspired biomimetic hybrid membranes with excellent performances light a broad application prospect in the field of oily wastewater treatment.展开更多
Solar-driven evaporators are promising for tackling freshwater scarcity but still challenged in simultaneously realizing comprehensive performances at one platform for sustainable and efficient application in real-wor...Solar-driven evaporators are promising for tackling freshwater scarcity but still challenged in simultaneously realizing comprehensive performances at one platform for sustainable and efficient application in real-world environments,such as stablefloating,scalability,salt-resistance,efficient vaporization,and anti-oil-fouling property.Herein,we design a hybrid organohydrogel evaporator to achieve the enduring oil contamination repulsion with maintaining accelerated evaporation process,and integrate capacities of ultra-stable floating,hindered salt-crystallization,large-scale fabrication for practical purification of seawater and polluted solutions.The raised water surface surrounding evaporators,induced by low density of organogel-phase,results in oil contamination resistance through the lateral capillary repulsion effect.Meanwhile,the organogel-phase containing photo-thermal carbon-nanotubes with low thermal capacity and conduction can form locally confined hot dots under solar irradiation and reduce heat dissipation on heating excessive water.Therefore,based on this approach,accelerated long-term practical purification of oilcontaminated solutions without any extra disposal is realized.Considering other properties of ultra-stable floating,large-scale fabrication,and anti-salt crystallization,these innovative organohydrogel evaporators open pathways for purifying oil-slickpolluted water via interfacial evaporation and are anticipated accelerating industrialization of efficient and sustainable solar-driven water purification.展开更多
基金supported by Tianjin Synthetic Biotechnology Innovation Capacity Improvement Project(TSBICIP-KJGG-003)Qinglan Plan of Jiangsu Education Department and the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2017YFD0400402).
文摘Membrane pollution caused by separating oily wastewater is a big challenge for membrane separation technology.Recently,plant-/mussel-inspired interface chemistry has received more and more attention.Herein,a high antifouling poly(vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF)membrane,coated with tea polyphenols(TP,extracted from green tea)and 3-amino-propyl-triethoxysilane(APTES),was developed to purify oil-inwater emulsions.ATR-FTIR,XPS and SEM were used to demonstrate the evolution of surface biomimetic hybrid coatings.The performances of the developed membranes were investigated by pure water permeability and oil rejection for various surfactant-stabilized oil-in-water emulsions.The experimental results revealed that the membrane deposited with a mass ratio of 0.1/0.2 exhibited ultrahigh pure water permeability(14570 L·m^(-2)·h^(-1)·bar^(-1),1 bar=0.1 MPa)and isooctane-in-water emulsion permeability(5391 L·m^(-2)·h^(-1)·bar^(-1))with high separation efficiency(>98.9%).Even treated in harsh environment(acidic,alkaline and saline)for seven days,the membrane still maintained considerable underwater oleophobic property(148°–153°).The fabricated plant-inspired biomimetic hybrid membranes with excellent performances light a broad application prospect in the field of oily wastewater treatment.
基金support from the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2018YFA0209500 and 2019YFA0709300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21621091,21972155,21975209,22005255,22035008,and 52025132)+1 种基金Projects of International Cooperation and Exchanges NSFC(No.1A1111KYSB20200010)National Program for Special Support of Eminent Professionals and the Fundamental Research Funds for Central Universities(No.20720190037).
文摘Solar-driven evaporators are promising for tackling freshwater scarcity but still challenged in simultaneously realizing comprehensive performances at one platform for sustainable and efficient application in real-world environments,such as stablefloating,scalability,salt-resistance,efficient vaporization,and anti-oil-fouling property.Herein,we design a hybrid organohydrogel evaporator to achieve the enduring oil contamination repulsion with maintaining accelerated evaporation process,and integrate capacities of ultra-stable floating,hindered salt-crystallization,large-scale fabrication for practical purification of seawater and polluted solutions.The raised water surface surrounding evaporators,induced by low density of organogel-phase,results in oil contamination resistance through the lateral capillary repulsion effect.Meanwhile,the organogel-phase containing photo-thermal carbon-nanotubes with low thermal capacity and conduction can form locally confined hot dots under solar irradiation and reduce heat dissipation on heating excessive water.Therefore,based on this approach,accelerated long-term practical purification of oilcontaminated solutions without any extra disposal is realized.Considering other properties of ultra-stable floating,large-scale fabrication,and anti-salt crystallization,these innovative organohydrogel evaporators open pathways for purifying oil-slickpolluted water via interfacial evaporation and are anticipated accelerating industrialization of efficient and sustainable solar-driven water purification.
