Superhydrophobic HBN-Regulated Sponges with Excellent Absorbency Fabricated Using a Green and Facile Method

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2017 Mar 24

PMID 28332612

Citations 5

Authors

Ying Zhou

Yao Wang

Tengfei Liu

Gang Xu

Guangming Chen

Huayi Li

Lichun Liu

Qiqi Zhuo

Jiaoxia Zhang

Chao Yan

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Abstract

The world faces severe environmental, human and ecological problems when major oil spills and organic discharges are released into the environment. And so it is imperative to develop tools and high performance innovative materials that can efficiently absorb these organic discharges. Furthermore, green, facile methods to produce these advanced materials are also needed. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel porous supersponge based on melamine coated with hBN. This superhydrophobic sponge (with a contact angle >150°) exhibits excellent absorption performance for oils and organic solvents, including good selectivity, high capacity (up to 175 g·g) and extraordinary recyclability (less than 20% decline after 30 cycles of absorption/squeezing). The synthetic procedure required only ultrasonication and immersion of the sponge in aqueous hBN solution, being a green, cost-effective and scalable production methodology. By virtue of the straightforward and cost-effective fabrication method, along with the excellent absorption performance, hBN-decorated sponges have great promise for real world practical application in the field of oil spills and organic leakage cleanup.

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