Anisotropic cellulose nanofibers/polyvinyl alcohol/graphene aerogels fabricated by directional freeze-drying as effective oil adsorbents

L Zhou, S Zhai, Y Chen, Z Xu - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Under the current situation of frequent oil spills, the development of green and recyclable
high-efficiency oil-absorbing aerogel materials has attracted wide attention from …

Elastic nanocellulose/graphene aerogel with excellent shape retention and oil absorption selectivity

S Chatterjee, WT Ke, YC Liao - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, a simple preparation method is developed to synthesize aerogels with great
shape retention for oil absorption application. First, an elastic aerogel is prepared by ice …

Preparation of antifouling and highly hydrophobic cellulose nanofibers/alginate aerogels by bidirectional freeze-drying for water-oil separation in the ocean …

Q Liu, Y Liu, Q Feng, CC Chen, Z Xu - Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Oil spills frequently occur in the ocean, and adsorption is one of the effective ways to deal
with oil spills. Compared with other adsorbent materials, biomass aerogel has superior …

Remodeling of raw cotton fiber into flexible, squeezing-resistant macroporous cellulose aerogel with high oil retention capability for oil/water separation

J Wang, S Liu - Separation and Purification Technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Cellulose-based aerogels reveal great potential as sorbents for oil sorption due to their
biodegradability and the renewability of raw material. Nevertheless, the widely reported …

Directional, super‐hydrophobic cellulose nanofiber/polyvinyl alcohol/montmorillonite aerogels as green absorbents for oil/water separation

N Rong, Z Xu, S Zhai, L Zhou, JJ Li - IET nanobiotechnology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nowadays, the problem of oil spill and organic solvent pollution has become more and more
serious, and developing a green and efficient treatment method has become a research …

Highly compressible and hydrophobic anisotropic aerogels for selective oil/organic solvent absorption

X Zhang, H Wang, Z Cai, N Yan, M Liu… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Cellulose-based aerogels show great potential as absorbents for oil and chemical spill
cleanup due to their low density and excellent absorption capacity. However, the …

Highly compressible ultra-light anisotropic cellulose/graphene aerogel fabricated by bidirectional freeze drying for selective oil absorption

HY Mi, X Jing, AL Politowicz, E Chen, HX Huang… - Carbon, 2018 - Elsevier
Low density aerogels are promising materials for oil absorption, but they typically suffer from
low compressibility and elasticity. Herein, three-dimensional (3D) highly compressible …

Versatile fabrication of anisotropic and superhydrophobic aerogels for highly selective oil absorption

J Wang, W Zhang, C Zhang - Carbon, 2019 - Elsevier
Aerogels have shown great potential as oil absorbents, but they typically suffer from poor
hydrophobicity and inferior mechanical property. Herein, anisotropic, superhydrophobic and …

[HTML][HTML] Facile synthesis of electrospun carbon nanofiber/graphene oxide composite aerogels for high efficiency oils absorption

YZ Lin, LB Zhong, S Dou, ZD Shao, Q Liu… - Environment …, 2019 - Elsevier
Oil contamination will seriously affect the health of water environment, so it is necessary to
design ideal oil absorbents with large absorption capacity and high selectivity for effectively …

Facile fabrication of wood-inspired aerogel from chitosan for efficient removal of oil from Water

L Yi, J Yang, X Fang, Y Xia, L Zhao, H Wu… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2020 - Elsevier
Aerogels that derived from biomass have long been attractive as absorbents for oil clean-up.
However, it remains a significant challenge to prepare fully bio-based oil absorbents that …