• 文献标题:   Super-hydrophobic graphene-coated thermoplastic polyurethane porous monolith with superior photothermal effect for solar-assisted efficient cleanup of crude oil spill
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHANG YR, WANG B, WANG BZ, YANG X, MA S, FENG YZ, LIU CT, SHEN CY
  • 作者关键词:   porous monlith, reduced graphene oxide, photothermal effect, superhydrophobicity, absorption capacity, oil spill cleanup
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
  • ISSN:   0169-4332 EI 1873-5584
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.154701 EA SEP 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

Frequent occurrences of oil spill accidents have posed a serious threat to ecological system and human health, hence it is imperative to explore new-typed absorbent materials to efficiently clean up high-viscosity crude oil in an environmentally-friendly way. Herein we reported a reduced graphene oxide-wrapped and fluoroalkylsilane-modified thermoplastic polyurethane porous monolith (abbr. F-rGO@TPU monolith) with superior photothermal effect for solar-driven high-efficiency cleanup of crude oil spill. Owing to superior superhydrophobicity (water contact angle of 153.) and porosity (87.4 %), the as-prepared F-rGO@TPU monolith possessed high saturated absorption capacity (6.5-53.7 g/g) and splendid oil/water separation efficiency (over 99.3 %) for various low-viscosity oils/organic solvents. Excellent reversible compressibility and fatigue resistance (1000 compression cycles under 80 % strain) allowed the monolith to repetitively absorb oil via simple manual squeezing. By virtue of the outstanding photothermal effect of reduced graphene oxide coating, the F-rGO@TPU monolith exhibited almost full absorption (96.0 %) of solar spectrum (wavelength range of 250-2500 nm) and efficient light-to-heat conversion capability (achieving 80 degrees C in 5 min under 1.0 kW/m(2) solar irradiation), enabling it to in situ reduce the viscosity of crude oil for rapid absorption. More importantly, the solar-heated monolith could continuously and fast separate crude oil/water mixture by a pump-assisted absorption device (crude oil flux of 510 kg/(m(2).h)), revealing immense potential in oil spill remediation.