Advanced Fiber Materials, Volume. 6, Issue 3, 00383(2024)
Pre-oxidized PAN Nanofibrous Membrane to Efficiently and Continuously Separate Large-Scale Viscous Oil-in-Water Emulsions Under Harsh Conditions with Ultra-Long-Term Oil-Fouling Recovery
High-performance multifunctional filtration membranes are highly required in treating practically complex oily wastewater systems, but still a challenge unsolved. Herein, we propose a facile route to address these challenges simultaneously by simply constructing electrospun pre-oxidized polyacrylonitrile nanofibrous membrane (p-PAN NM). Given the pre-oxidation process, the p-PAN NM displays not only robust anti-corrosive tolerance against diverse corrosive media, but also superhydrophilicity/underwater superoleophobicity. Additionally, ~ 99% separation efficiency, ~ 100% oil-fouling recovery, and ultra-long service life (up to 265 h) have been realized in separating large-scale surfactant stabilized soybean/crude oil-in-water emulsions. Furthermore, strong anti-corrosive performance against various corrosive media (e.g., 1 M HCl, 1 M NaOH, or 10 wt% NaCl) has been achieved as well. Spin-unrestricted density functional theory (DFT) computations implemented in the Dmol3 modulus has been conducted to understand the robust fouling recovery and the variation of surficial wettability after pre-oxidation. These outstanding filtration functions make our NM hold great potential in separating viscous oil/water emulsions under harsh conditions.
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Hongwei Su, Hua Hu, Zhenyu Li, Guilong Yan, Li Wang, Dong Xiang, Chunxia Zhao, Yuanpeng Wu, Jingyu Chen, Ce Wang. Pre-oxidized PAN Nanofibrous Membrane to Efficiently and Continuously Separate Large-Scale Viscous Oil-in-Water Emulsions Under Harsh Conditions with Ultra-Long-Term Oil-Fouling Recovery[J]. Advanced Fiber Materials, 2024, 6(3): 00383
Category: Research Articles
Received: Oct. 10, 2023
Accepted: Jan. 23, 2024
Published Online: Jul. 31, 2024
The Author Email: Li Zhenyu (zhenyu.li@swpu.edu.cn), Yan Guilong (guilong.yan@swpu.edu.cn), Chen Jingyu (jingyu.chen@swpu.edu.cn), Wang Ce (cwang@jlu.edu.cn)