Solar RRL,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
3(7)
Published: April 8, 2019
Solar
vaporization,
which
is
emerged
as
a
promising
candidate
for
harvesting
solar
energy
in
sewage
purification
and/or
seawater
desalination,
has
attracted
increasing
interests
during
the
last
few
years.
Although
tremendous
advances
are
made,
it
still
challenging
to
realize
simple
fabrication
protocols,
low‐cost,
and
rationally
editable
3D
structures
toward
multipath
water
extraction
from
liquid/solid
media.
Inspired
by
natural
plants
with
hierarchical
rooted
soils,
herein,
an
artificial
tree
of
carbon
nanotubes
(CNTs)
film/paper
hybrid
tunable
transpiration
under
illumination
designed.
In
this
system,
interfacial‐assisted
transfer
strategy
developed
alternatively
self‐assembled
CNT
films
at
air/water
interface
onto
one
side
arbitrary
substrates
uniform/patterned
way.
The
paper‐based
photothermal
absorbers
favorable
tailorability
foldability
allow
transformation
2D
evaporators
tree‐like
ones.
achieved
specific
can
extract
purified
ranging
conventional
liquid
phase
(e.g.,
water)
solid
sand),
significantly
extend
application
extraction.
Nature Communications,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
15(1)
Published: May 8, 2024
Abstract
There
is
a
growing
demand
for
adsorption
technologies
recovering
and
recycling
precious
metals
(PMs)
in
various
industries.
Unfortunately,
amine-functionalized
polymers
widely
used
as
metal
adsorbents
are
ineffective
at
PMs
owing
to
their
unsatisfactory
PM
performance.
Herein,
star-shaped,
hydrazide-functionalized
polymer
(S-PAcH)
proposed
readily
recoverable
standalone
adsorbent
with
high
The
compact
chain
structure
of
S-PAcH
containing
numerous
hydrazide
groups
strong
reducibility
promotes
by
enhancing
reduction
while
forming
large,
collectable
precipitates.
Compared
previously
reported
adsorbents,
commercial
amine
polymers,
reducing
agents,
exhibited
significantly
higher
capacity,
selectivity,
kinetics
toward
three
(gold,
palladium,
platinum)
model,
simulated,
real-world
feed
solutions.
superior
recovery
performance
was
attributed
its
capability
combined
chemisorption
mechanism.
Moreover,
PM-adsorbed
could
be
refined
into
high-purity
via
calcination,
directly
utilized
(upcycled)
catalysts
dye
reduction,
or
regenerated
reuse,
demonstrating
practical
feasibility.
Our
would
have
tremendous
impact
on
industrial
sectors
from
the
perspectives
environmental
protection
sustainable
development.
npj Clean Water,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
2(1)
Published: Oct. 4, 2019
Abstract
Increasing
oil
contaminants
in
water
is
one
of
the
major
environmental
concerns
due
to
negative
impacts
on
human
health
and
aquatic
terrestrial
ecosystems.
The
objective
this
review
paper
highlight
recent
advances
application
carbon-based
polymer
nanocomposite
membranes
for
oily
wastewater
treatment.
Carbon-based
nanomaterials,
including
graphene
graphene-oxide
(GO),
carbon
nanotubes
(CNTs),
nanofibers
(CNFs),
have
gained
tremendous
attention
their
unique
physicochemical
properties,
such
as
excellent
chemical
mechanical
stability,
electrical
conductivity,
reinforcement
capability,
antifouling
properties.
This
encompasses
innovative
effective
oil–water
separation
provides
a
critical
comparison
these
regarding
permeation
flux,
wettability,
flux
recovery.
current
challenges
successful
development
opportunities
future
research
are
also
discussed.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
13(31), P. 36679 - 36696
Published: Aug. 2, 2021
The
purification
of
stabilized
oil/water
emulsions
is
essential
to
meet
the
ever
increasing
demand
for
monitoring
water
in
environment,
which
has
been
addressed
with
superwetting
carbon-based
separation
membranes.
These
include
superhydrophilic
membranes
whose
progress
recent
years
and
perspectives
are
reviewed
this
paper.
membrane
construction
strategy
organized
into
four
parts,
vacuum-assisted
self-assembly,
sol–gel
process,
electrospinning,
filtration.
In
each
section,
design
strategies
their
responding
disadvantages
have
comprehensively
discussed.
challenges
prospects
concerning
oily
wastewater
also
summarized
arouse
researchers
carry
out
more
studies.
Chemical Communications,
Journal Year:
2019,
Volume and Issue:
56(3), P. 478 - 481
Published: Dec. 3, 2019
Janus
membranes
with
hierarchical
micro/nanostructures
were
constructed
by
a
unilateral
electro-spinning/spraying
strategy
to
realize
water
directional
transportation.
