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Biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation

Although membrane technology has attracted considerable attention for oily wastewater treatment, the plastic waste generated from discarded membranes presents an immediate challenge for achieving eco-friendly separation. We designed on-demand biodegradable superhydrophilic membranes composed of poly...

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Autores principales: Cheng, Xiquan, Li, Tongyu, Yan, Linlin, Jiao, Yang, Zhang, Yingjie, Wang, Kai, Cheng, Zhongjun, Ma, Jun, Shao, Lu
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Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10446487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37611103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh8195
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author Cheng, Xiquan
Li, Tongyu
Yan, Linlin
Jiao, Yang
Zhang, Yingjie
Wang, Kai
Cheng, Zhongjun
Ma, Jun
Shao, Lu
author_facet Cheng, Xiquan
Li, Tongyu
Yan, Linlin
Jiao, Yang
Zhang, Yingjie
Wang, Kai
Cheng, Zhongjun
Ma, Jun
Shao, Lu
author_sort Cheng, Xiquan
collection PubMed
description Although membrane technology has attracted considerable attention for oily wastewater treatment, the plastic waste generated from discarded membranes presents an immediate challenge for achieving eco-friendly separation. We designed on-demand biodegradable superhydrophilic membranes composed of polylactic acid nanofibers in conjunction with polyethylene oxide hydrogels using electrospinning technology for ultrafast purification of oily water. Our results showed that the use of the polyethylene oxide hydrogels increased the number of hydrogen bonds formed between the membrane surface and water molecules by 357.6%. This converted hydrophobic membranes into superhydrophilic ones, which prevented membrane fouling and accelerated emulsion penetration through the membranes. The oil-in-water emulsion permeance of our newly designed nanofiber membranes increased by 61.9 times (2.1 × 10(4) liters per square meter per hour per bar) with separation efficiency >99.6%, which was superior to state-of-the-art membranes. Moreover, the formation of hydrogen bonds was found to accelerate polylactic acid biodegradation into lactic acid by over 30%, offering a promising approach for waste membrane treatment.
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spelling pubmed-104464872023-08-24 Biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation Cheng, Xiquan Li, Tongyu Yan, Linlin Jiao, Yang Zhang, Yingjie Wang, Kai Cheng, Zhongjun Ma, Jun Shao, Lu Sci Adv Physical and Materials Sciences Although membrane technology has attracted considerable attention for oily wastewater treatment, the plastic waste generated from discarded membranes presents an immediate challenge for achieving eco-friendly separation. We designed on-demand biodegradable superhydrophilic membranes composed of polylactic acid nanofibers in conjunction with polyethylene oxide hydrogels using electrospinning technology for ultrafast purification of oily water. Our results showed that the use of the polyethylene oxide hydrogels increased the number of hydrogen bonds formed between the membrane surface and water molecules by 357.6%. This converted hydrophobic membranes into superhydrophilic ones, which prevented membrane fouling and accelerated emulsion penetration through the membranes. The oil-in-water emulsion permeance of our newly designed nanofiber membranes increased by 61.9 times (2.1 × 10(4) liters per square meter per hour per bar) with separation efficiency >99.6%, which was superior to state-of-the-art membranes. Moreover, the formation of hydrogen bonds was found to accelerate polylactic acid biodegradation into lactic acid by over 30%, offering a promising approach for waste membrane treatment. American Association for the Advancement of Science 2023-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10446487/ /pubmed/37611103 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh8195 Text en Copyright © 2023 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC). https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, so long as the resultant use is not for commercial advantage and provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Physical and Materials Sciences
Cheng, Xiquan
Li, Tongyu
Yan, Linlin
Jiao, Yang
Zhang, Yingjie
Wang, Kai
Cheng, Zhongjun
Ma, Jun
Shao, Lu
Biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation
title Biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation
title_full Biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation
title_fullStr Biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation
title_full_unstemmed Biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation
title_short Biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation
title_sort biodegradable electrospinning superhydrophilic nanofiber membranes for ultrafast oil-water separation
topic Physical and Materials Sciences
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10446487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37611103
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adh8195
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