TY - JOUR
T1 - Nano/submicrometer-emulsion oily wastewater treatment inspired by plant transpiration
AU - Wang, Zubin
AU - Guo, Pu
AU - Heng, Liping
AU - Jiang, Lei
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 21875011 , 51922018 , 51673010 ) and the National Key Research and Development Program of China ( 2017YFA0206904 ).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier Inc.
PY - 2021/4/7
Y1 - 2021/4/7
N2 - Oily wastewater treatment has attracted considerable attention because the wastewater poses a serious threat to the safety of drinking water, the ecological environment, and human health. Although significant progress has been made with regard to the development of superwettable separation membranes, there is a need for addressing the challenges that arise with the treatment of nano/submicrometer-emulsion oily water, oily seawater, and acid-base-corrosion oily wastewater. Herein, inspired by plant transpiration, a solar-driven device is developed that is based on wood, poly(vinyl alcohol), and hydroxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes; this device demonstrates a purification efficiency of up to 99.7% toward various nano/submicrometer-emulsion oily wastewaters. Remarkably, owing to the outstanding desalination capacity and robust acid-alkali tolerance, the prepared device achieved a one-step production of fresh water from oily seawater and acid-base-corrosion oily water. Therefore, the development of this device provides a method for treating oily wastewater to produce fresh water.
AB - Oily wastewater treatment has attracted considerable attention because the wastewater poses a serious threat to the safety of drinking water, the ecological environment, and human health. Although significant progress has been made with regard to the development of superwettable separation membranes, there is a need for addressing the challenges that arise with the treatment of nano/submicrometer-emulsion oily water, oily seawater, and acid-base-corrosion oily wastewater. Herein, inspired by plant transpiration, a solar-driven device is developed that is based on wood, poly(vinyl alcohol), and hydroxylated multiwalled carbon nanotubes; this device demonstrates a purification efficiency of up to 99.7% toward various nano/submicrometer-emulsion oily wastewaters. Remarkably, owing to the outstanding desalination capacity and robust acid-alkali tolerance, the prepared device achieved a one-step production of fresh water from oily seawater and acid-base-corrosion oily water. Therefore, the development of this device provides a method for treating oily wastewater to produce fresh water.
KW - MAP4: Demonstrate
KW - nano/submicrometer-scale oily wastewater
KW - plant transpiration
KW - solar driven
KW - water purification
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U2 - 10.1016/j.matt.2021.01.017
DO - 10.1016/j.matt.2021.01.017
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85103074478
SN - 2590-2393
VL - 4
SP - 1274
EP - 1286
JO - Matter
JF - Matter
IS - 4
ER -
