Biobased super-hydrophobic coating on cotton fabric fabricated by spray-coating for efficient oil/water separation

Super-hydrophobic materials for oil/water separation are usually prepared from non-renewable feedstocks, which does not coincide with the sense of sustainable development. Herein, we report a sustainable super-hydrophobic material fabricated via a simple spray-coating method from biobased feedstocks...

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Published in:Polymer testing 2018-04, Vol.66, p.41-47
Main Authors: Cheng, Quan-Yong, Liu, Mei-Chen, Li, Yi-Dong, Zhu, Jiang, Du, An-Ke, Zeng, Jian-Bing
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Contact angle
Cotton
Cotton fabric
Cotton fabrics
Epoxidized soybean oil
Gas separation
Hydrophobic surfaces
Hydrophobicity
Oil/water separation
Sebacic acid
Separation
Soybean oil
Soybeans
Spray coating
Spraying
Stability
Stearic acid
Super-hydrophobic
Surface structure
Sustainable development
Vegetable oils
Zinc oxide
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Summary:Super-hydrophobic materials for oil/water separation are usually prepared from non-renewable feedstocks, which does not coincide with the sense of sustainable development. Herein, we report a sustainable super-hydrophobic material fabricated via a simple spray-coating method from biobased feedstocks including epoxidized soybean oil, sebacic acid, stearic acid, zinc oxide and cotton fabric. Rough surface structure was successfully constructed by spraying epoxidized soybean oil (ESO) with sebacic acid (SA) and nano-ZnO. After modification with stearic acid (STA), the surface became super-hydrophobic with a water contact angle (WCA) of 155°. The super-hydrophobic fabric shows excellent stability without losing super-hydrophobicity after immersion in water and oil for several days. The super-hydrophobic fabric can selectively separate water mixtures with various oily liquids with separation efficiency higher than 97.5%. With high separation efficiency and excellent stability, the biobased super-hydrophobic fabric can be used as a sustainable and eco-friendly oil/water separation material. •Biobased superhydrophobic cotton fabric is prepared by facile spray-coating.•All the raw materials for the superhydrophobic cotton fabric are sustainable and biodegradable.•The superhydrophobic cotton fabric shows good stability.•The superhydrophobic cotton fabric shows large flux.•The superhydrophobic cotton high efficiency in separation of various oil/water mixtures.
ISSN:0142-9418
1873-2348
DOI:10.1016/j.polymertesting.2018.01.005