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A Self-supporting, Surface Carbonized Filter Paper Membrane for Efficient Water-in-Oil Emulsion Separation

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Due to the important role of oil source in our life, the separation of water-in-oil emulsion is urgent and necessary. Membrane seperation technology has been an efficient and widely used method in separating oil-water separation. Herein, we report a versatile approach to fabricate surface carbonized membranes with self-standing property from biomass-derived precursor by synergistic charring of phytic acid, arginine and filter paper. The obtained membrane exhibited superhydrophobicity in oil, excellent fouling resistance, and self-supporting ability. The membrane can be cycle-used at least 12 times with high permeation flux (up to 1380 L·m−2·h−1) and separation efficiency (up to 99.4%).

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21875147 and 51991351) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.

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  1. The Collaborative Innovation Center for Eeo-Friendly and Fire-Safety Polymerie Materials, National Engineering Laboratory of Eeo-Friendly Polymerie Materials (Sichuan), Sichuan University, College of Chemistry, Siehuan University, Chengdu, 610064, China

    Jiang-Yong-Quan Cao, Si-Chong Chen, Jie Zhang, Yang-Yang Xie & Yu-Zhong Wang

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Cao, JYQ., Chen, SC., Zhang, J. et al. A Self-supporting, Surface Carbonized Filter Paper Membrane for Efficient Water-in-Oil Emulsion Separation. Chin J Polym Sci 39, 181–188 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10118-020-2492-9

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