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Superwetting TiO2-decorated single-walled carbon nanotube composite membrane for highly efficient oil-in-water emulsion separation

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With the advantages of one-dimensional hollow structure, high porosity and prominent mechanical strength, single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have been extensively utilized to improve conventional filtration membranes for oil/water separation. Their intrinsic hydrophobicity, however, adversely affects the anti-fouling performance of the SWCNT membrane. Herein, a super-hydrophilic and underwater super-oleophobic hierarchical modified membrane with enhanced permeability and anti-fouling property was fabricated using the vacuum-assisted filtration technique by synergistically assembling SWCNTs and titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles on a cellulose acetate membrane. Highly dispersed SWCNTs were obtained by carboxylating treatment of agglomerate SWCNTs. The controlled stacking of SWCNTs fibers and a controllable amount of TiO2 rendered a modified membrane with high porosity and hierarchical structure, leading to an ultrahigh water flux up to 4,777.07 L·m−2·h−1, and excellent separation performance with efficiency greater than 99.47%. Most importantly, the membrane exhibited excellent anti-fouling ability during ten cycles with the aid of the super-wetting property of TiO2 nanoparticles. The results indicated that coating TiO2 nanoparticles on SWCNTs modified the surface topography of the obtained SWCNT/TiO2 membrane, which improved hydrophilicity, permeability and anti-fouling property, manifesting attractive potential applications in oil/water separation.

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This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant no. 21677087) and the National Science and Technology Major Project of China (grant no. 2016ZX05040-005). The author thanks Jake Carpenter from UCLA for linguistic assistance.

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  1. Shandong Provincial Research Center for Water Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China

    Yahong Sun, Yuanyuan Zheng & Yujiang Li

  2. Key Laboratory of Colloid and Interface Science of Education Ministry, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100, P. R. China

    Ruiguang Zhao, Dejun Sun & Tao Wu

  3. China Urban Construction Design & Research Institute Co. LTD., Jinan, 250101, P. R. China

    Quanyong Wang

  4. Drilling Technology Research Institute, Shengli Petroleum Engineering Corporation Limited of SINOPEC, Dongying, 257017, P. R. China

    Gongrang Li

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Sun, Y., Zhao, R., Wang, Q. et al. Superwetting TiO2-decorated single-walled carbon nanotube composite membrane for highly efficient oil-in-water emulsion separation. Korean J. Chem. Eng. 37, 2054–2063 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11814-020-0585-3

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