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Fabrication of superhydrophobic and superoleophilic polybenzoxazine-based cotton fabric for oil–water separation

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Superhydrophobic material involves the fabrication of appropriate roughness and low surface energy. Studies concerning enhancing the attachment between substrates and low surface energy material have been reported. Hence, it might also be feasible to make low surface energy material as an interface binder to enhance the attachment. In our work, the simple dip-coating method was used to fabricate polybenzoxazine (PBZ)/SiO2-coating cotton (PBZSC) fabric for rapid oil–water separation. The surface morphology and wettability of the PBZSC fabric as well as the properties of the separation were explored using various methods. These results demonstrated that PBZSC fabric not only had excellent thermal properties, but also maintained excellent superhydrophobicity (WCA > 150°) under various harsh conditions which was mainly attributed to higher surface roughness contributed by SiO2 and lower surface energy, heat resistance as well as acid and alkali resistance from PBZ resin, respectively. More importantly, the separation conducted by the PBZSC fabric not only showed great recycle property, but also separated a series of oil and water mixtures with up to 96% separation efficiency. Therefore, it is anticipated that this low-cost PBZSC fabric will be readily and widely utilized in designing multifunctional membrane for large-area oil-spill cleanup without using fluoropolymers or silicones.

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This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51403165), Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province (2018CFB685, 2018CFB267), the Foundation of Wuhan Textile University and Open Project Program of High-Tech Organic Fibers Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province (PLN2016-02).

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  1. College of Materials Science and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing Technology, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, People’s Republic of China

    Yun Li, Qiao Yu, Xianze Yin, Jing Xu, Hao Huang, Yingshan Zhou, Luoxin Wang & Hua Wang

  2. School of Environmental Engineering, Wuhan Textile University, Wuhan, 430073, People’s Republic of China

    Yajun Cai

  3. Collaborative Innovation Center for Marine Biomass Fibers, Materials and Textiles of Shandong Province, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Qingdao University, Qingdao, 266071, People’s Republic of China

    Yeqiang Tan

  4. Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA

    Lu Han

  5. High-Tech Organic Fibers Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Sichuan Textile Science Research Institute, Chengdu, 610072, People’s Republic of China

    Hua Wang

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Li, Y., Yu, Q., Yin, X. et al. Fabrication of superhydrophobic and superoleophilic polybenzoxazine-based cotton fabric for oil–water separation. Cellulose 25, 6691–6704 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-018-2024-8

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