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Biomass-Based/Derived Value-Added Porous Absorbents for Oil/Water Separation

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The frequent leakage of petroleum and organic solvents has catastrophic and far-reaching implications for the ecological environment, resulting in severe threats to aquatic organisms. Absorbing oil from water with porous material has emerged as an eco-friendly and efficient option. Among these explored sorbents, biomass-based/derived materials are abundant in pores and their multiscale porosity serving as a storage space for the absorption, making them excellent sorbents especially after surface modification. In this review, we summarized several biomass-based/derived porous materials for oil/water separation including biochars (BC), cellulose-based/derived materials, chitosan-based/derived materials, lignin-based/derived materials, biomass waste-based/derived materials and some other common biomass-based/derived materials. The detailed synthesis methodologies and activation/modification mechanism together with their effective participation in the field of oil/water adsorption/absorption were discussed. Moreover, perspectives for future application of the biomass-based/derived porous materials in the area are also provided.

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(Copyright 2019 American Chemical Society). b Diagram of preparation, oil/water separation, and wettability transition of dual-responsive cellulose-based aerogel [65] (Copyright 2017 Springer). c The thermal absorption process of organic solvent and oils [66]. (Copyright 2021 Elsevier)

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The research work is funded by the Zhenjiang Key Research and Development Program (GY2021004), the Opening Project of Henan Province Key Laboratory of Water Pollution Control and Rehabilitation Technology (CJSP202205), Innovation and Practice fund of Jiangsu University Industrial Center (ZXJG202208), Jiangsu Collaborative Innovation Center for Water Treatment Technology and Materials.

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Zhang, Y., Sam, E.K., Liu, J. et al. Biomass-Based/Derived Value-Added Porous Absorbents for Oil/Water Separation. Waste Biomass Valor 14, 3147–3168 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-023-02112-9

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