Inorganic Chemicals Industry ›› 2025, Vol. 57 ›› Issue (3): 64-70.doi: 10.19964/j.issn.1006-4990.2024-0215

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Study on preparation and oil/water separation performance of silica-mediated superhydrophobic/superoleophilic hybrid sponge

MA Mingyang1(), CHEN Minyi1, SUN Tao1,2,3, XUE Bin1,2,3,4()   

  1. 1. Department of Chemistry,College of Food Science and Technology,Shanghai Ocean University,Shanghai 201306,China
    2. Laboratory of Quality and Safety Risk Assessment for Aquatic Product on Storage and Preservation(Shanghai),Ministry of Agriculture,Shanghai 201306,China
    3. National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for FoodScience and Engineering(Shanghai Ocean University),Shanghai 201306,China
    4. Marine Biomedical Scienceand Technology Innovation Platform of Lingang Special Area,Shanghai 201306,China
  • Received:2024-04-18 Online:2025-03-10 Published:2025-03-21
  • Contact: XUE Bin E-mail:2440443019@ qq.com;bxue@shou.edu.cn

Abstract:

Rational design of special surface wettability is important to improve the oil/water separation efficiency of adsorbed materials.With commercial melamine sponge as the base material and ethyl orthosilicate as the silicon source,silica(SiO2) was supported by sol-gel method under the catalysis of acid/base.Then oleic acid was esterified with silica hydroxyl on the surface of SiO2 under the catalysis of iron(Ⅲ) ion,and oleic acid was fixed on the surface of the sponge with SiO2 as the medium.The organic-inorganic hybrid sponge materials were obtained.The structure and morphology of the hybrid sponge showed the effectiveness of the preparation strategy,macroporous skeleton stability and mesoporous characteristics.The contact angle measurement results showed that the grafted oleic acid invested the sponge special wettability,making it showed super hydrophobic and super lipophilic characteristics,and the water contact angle in the air could reach 154°,and the oil contact angle could reach nearly 0°.The hybrid sponge had adsorption capacity for common light oil and heavy oil,among which the adsorption capacity of trichloromethane could reach 25.86 g/g,and the cyclic adsorption performance of dimethylsilicone oil was good,and the adsorption capacity remained above 70% after 50 cycles,and the continuous separation efficiency of n-hexane/water mixture could reach 8×105 L/(m3·h).SiO2-mediated could easily change the wettability of melamine sponge,which was an effective way to prepare high-efficiency oil/water separation hybrid materials,and had potential application value.

Key words: silica mediated, melamine sponge, superhydrophobic, superlipophilic, oil/water separation

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