Design and fabrication of superwetting fiber-based membranes for oil/water separation applications

X Yue, Z Li, T Zhang, D Yang, F Qiu - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2019 - Elsevier
The separation of oily wastewater, including immiscible oil/water mixtures and emulsified
oil/water mixtures, is a worldwide challenge because of the large amount of oily wastewater …

3D heteroatom‐doped carbon nanomaterials as multifunctional metal‐free catalysts for integrated energy devices

R Paul, F Du, L Dai, Y Ding, ZL Wang, F Wei… - Advanced …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Sustainable and cost‐effective energy generation has become crucial for fulfilling present
energy requirements. For this purpose, the development of cheap, scalable, efficient, and …

3D graphene-based gel photocatalysts for environmental pollutants degradation

F Zhang, YH Li, JY Li, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Environmental Pollution, 2019 - Elsevier
Enormous research interest is devoted to fabricating three-dimensional graphene-based
gels (3D GBGs) toward improved conversion of solar energy by virtue of the intrinsic …

Recent progress in superhydrophilic carbon-based composite membranes for oil/water emulsion separation

J Gu, L Ji, P **ao, C Zhang, J Li, L Yan… - ACS Applied Materials …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The purification of stabilized oil/water emulsions is essential to meet the ever increasing
demand for monitoring water in the environment, which has been addressed with …

A comprehensive review of lignocellulosic biomass derived materials for water/oil separation

X Li, X **, Y Wu, D Zhang, F Sun, H Ma… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
With rapid socioeconomic development, oil is widely used in all aspects of modern society.
However, the extraction, transport, and processing of oil inevitably lead to the production of …

Recent progress in fabrication and application of polydimethylsiloxane sponges

D Zhu, S Handschuh-Wang, X Zhou - Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to their structural advantages in comparison with bulk polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS),
porous 3D substrates, which are also known as PDMS sponges, possess immense potential …

Protein nanoparticles: uniting the power of proteins with engineering design approaches

N Habibi, A Mauser, Y Ko, J Lahann - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Protein nanoparticles, PNPs, have played a long‐standing role in food and industrial
applications. More recently, their potential in nanomedicine has been more widely pursued …

A review of superwetting membranes and nanofibers for efficient oil/water separation

X Mao, Y Wang, X Yan, Z Huang, Z Gao… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Springer
Human activities are producing increasing amounts of oily water. Therefore, methods for
oil/water separation are attracting great attention. Membranes, including nanofibers for …

Photoredox catalysis over graphene aerogel-supported composites

KQ Lu, X **n, N Zhang, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Journal of Materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Three-dimensional (3D) graphene aerogels, by virtue of their unique physicochemical
properties, which result from the intrinsic properties of graphene and 3D porous structure …

Recent trends and future prospects of nanostructured aerogels in water treatment applications

M Mariana, AK HPS, EB Yahya, NG Olaiya… - Journal of Water …, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, aerogel, an ultra-lightweight, porous nanostructured functional material has
attracted significant industrial applications, including polluted water treatment. Their high …