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Study on the Performance of Modified Banana Leaf Fiber in Removing Oil Spill from Seawater

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In this study, the hydrophobicity and lipophilicity of banana leaf fibers were modified by in situ synthesis and sol–gel method, and the adsorption properties of the modified fibers were investigated using petroleum as the adsorbate. The surface morphology of modified fibers was characterized by SEM. It was found that the surface formed a rough structure with granular material. At the same time, the hydrophobic and lipophilic properties of the modified fiber had been greatly improved. Firstly, the contact angles between the two modified fibers and water are greater than 110°, which greatly improves the flotation performance of the fibers, making them suitable for treating oil spills on seawater surfaces; secondly, the oil removal rates of the modified fiber in seawater were 98.7% and 94.7% respectively, and kinetic study indicated that the quasi-second-order kinetic model and Langmuir isothermal adsorption model are better consistent with the adsorption of petroleum by modified fiber, which shows that the adsorption is the result of the joint action of physical adsorption and chemical adsorption; in addition, the modified fibers have good reuse characteristics because their properties did not decline significantly after they were reused.

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The experimental work involved in this paper was supported by Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 422RC596) and Key Laboratory of environmental toxicology of Haikou City, China.

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    Tingting Ye, Xiaoxi Li, Tong Chen & Zengjian Su

  2. CATAS, Environment and Plant Protection Institute, Hainan Province, Haikou, China

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All authors contributed to the study conception, design, and completion. Tingting Ye and Zengjian Su conceived the study and completed the relevant experimental content. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by Min Li, Xiaoxi Li, and Tong Chen. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Tingting Ye, and later revision and improvement of the manuscript are completed by Zengjian Su. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Ye, T., Li, M., Li, X. et al. Study on the Performance of Modified Banana Leaf Fiber in Removing Oil Spill from Seawater. Water Air Soil Pollut 234, 239 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-023-06240-9

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