• 文献标题:   A versatile and cost-effective reduced graphene oxide-crosslinked polyurethane sponge for highly effective wastewater treatment
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ZHU HG, CHEN DY, YANG S, LI NJ, XU QF, LI H, WANG LH, HE JH, JIANG J, LU JM
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2046-2069
  • 通讯作者地址:   Soochow Univ
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1039/c6ra05450a
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

Gradually deteriorating water quality caused by oil or chemical leakage and heavy metal wastewater discharge is becoming a global problem. To address this issue, a versatile absorbent material was designed and fabricated by coating reduced graphene oxide (rGO) on porous polyurethane (PU) sponges. Firstly, calcium carbonate nanoparticles (nano-CaCO3) and graphene oxide (GO) were added during the preparation of the PU sponge. A PU sponge with nanosized porous framework was obtained after etching the nano-CaCO3. After the reducing process, rGO was precisely coated on the prepared porous PU via crosslinking to obtain porous rGO-based PU sponge (porous PU@rGO). The physicochemical properties of the as-fabricated porous PU@rGO indicated that it was recyclable, hydrophobic and conductive. Batch experiments were carried out, and results suggested that porous PU@rGO has a widespread potential for applications in oil-water separation, the break-up of oil-inwater emulsions, as well as hazardous ion adsorption.