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    Cellulosic sponges with pH responsive wettability for efficient oil-water separation

    Year: 2020

    Journal: Carbohydr. Polym., Volume 237, JUN 1

    Authors: Li, Lijie; Rong, Liduo; Xu, Zhangting; Wang, Bijia; Feng, Xueling; Mao, Zhiping; Xu, Hong; Yuan, Jinying; Liu, Shanqiu; Sui, Xiaofeng

    Organizations: Fundamental Research Funds for the Central UniversitiesFundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [2232018A3-04, CUSF-DH-D-2019062]; Graduate Student Innovation Fund of Donghua University [CUSF-DH-D-2019062]

    Keywords: Cellulosic sponges; pH responsive; Enamine bonds; Switchable wettability; Oil-water separation

    To obtain efficient oil-water separation materials with responsiveness, cellulosic porous materials with switchable wettability in response to pH changes were developed by reacting cellulose acetoacetate sponges with alkylamines of varying carbon chain length via dynamic covalent enamine bonds. The resulting sponges reversibly changed between being superhydrophilic (theta(water) = 0 degrees) and highly hydrophobic (maximal theta(water) = 146 degrees) under suitable pH conditions while maintained the favorable porous structures. Notably, the functionalized sponges exhibited high and selective oil absorption capacity (40-80 g/g) and satisfying desorption ability of 80%, and could efficiently separate oil-water mixtures and emulsions with extremely high efficiency (> 99%) in a controllable manner. With the three-dimensional micro/nano porous structure, switchable wettability and intrinsic environmentally friendliness, the pH responsive cellulosic sponges developed here hold great potential in controllable oil-water separation and oily wastewater purification.
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