SEPARATION AND PURIFICATION TECHNOLOGY
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2018
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IF 3.927
Shufeng Li,Zhe Chen,Yinhua Yang,Zhihao Si,Pei Li,Peiyong Qin,Tianwei Tan
The hydrophobicity of porous particles is important for the performance of mixed-matrix membranes for pervaporation separation of n -butanol aqueous solution. Here, a strategy was proposed to further enhance the hydrophobicity of ZIF-8. ZIF-8 particles were first coated by polydopamine (PDA) to create chemically reactive surface and then modified with silane coupling agents n -propyltrimethoxysilane and n -octyltriethoxysilane. The water contact angles of the obtained P-ZIF-8@PDA and O-ZIF-8@PDA separately increased from 132.8° to 137.3° and 151.5°, which demonstrated a remarkable enhancement in hydrophobicity. The silane-modified ZIF-8 particles were subsequently incorporated into PDMS to fabricate mixed-matrix membranes, which exhibited an improved adsorption selectivity for butanol. The best membrane with 1 wt% loading (O-ZIF-8@PDA) exhibited a separation factor of 56 and butanol flux of 480.6 g m −2 h −1 for a 1.5 wt% butanol solution at 55 °C. The separation factor increased by 23% compared with that of a ZIF-8/PDMS membrane. Moreover, compared with those of a pure PDMS membrane, the separation factor and butanol flux increased by 34% and 85%, respectively. Thus, the strategy is an effective method to improve the PV performance of PDMS membranes for butanol separation.
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材料科学
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化学工程
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CELLULOSE
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2019
·Vol. 26
·期 3
·1577-1593
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IF 3.917
Jiang Yan,Liu Xiuyu,Yang Qiang,Song Xueping,Qin Chengrong,Wang Shuangfei,Li Kecheng
Abstract This study investigated effects of residual lignin on composition, structure and properties of cellulose fibrils and cellulose fibril-based films by comparing two groups of cellulose fibrils which contained different amounts of lignin (15% and 2%, respectively) but were similar in cellulose to hemicellulose ratio. The results showed that lignin affected the size and content of nanofibril in cellulose fibrils through initially delaying but ultimately facilitating the mechanical defibrillation. Due to higher thermal stability and strong UV absorption capability, lignin enhanced the thermal stability and UV blocking properties of cellulose fibril-based film. Hydrophobic lignin also improved the dewatering of cellulose fibrils and the hydrophobicity of cellulose fibril-based film. Lignin interfered with the interfibrillar hydrogen bonding and therefore increased the mesopore diameter of cellulose fibril network. Lignin acting as a cement in cellulose fibril-based film made the film with a more densely packed structure, a higher density and a smoother surface. However, lignin decreased the transparency of cellulose fibril-based film due to its chromophore groups and impaired the mechanical strength of cellulose fibril-based film through interfering with the interfibrillar hydrogen bonding. Graphical abstract
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材料科学
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植物学
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2023
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IF 5.9
Nan Li,Sufeng Zhang,Yali Liu,Valentin Nica,Sergiu Coseri
Cellulose-based materials are currently considered prime candidates for replacing petrochemical plastics because they are biodegradable and cost-effective, while the insufficient hydrophobicity makes them fail to meet application demands, which is a primary issue to be addressed. This work developed a green, catalyst-free approach to prepare high-hydrophobicity amidated cellulose (ADC) by anchoring the COOH-containing oleic acid (OLA) onto NH 2 -containing aminated cellulose (AMC) via amide bonds. The unsaturated fatty acid tail provides a hydrophobic barrier in ADC films . The surface water contact angle of the ADC film reached 133° and remained above 110° for at least one hour. Subsequently, the ADC suspension was applied on the surface of paper from old corrugated container (P-OCC) by an impregnation approach to investigate the improvement of hydrophobic properties. The results showed that the hydrophobicity of P-OCC was increased by ADC, with the water contact angle reached to 132° from 0°. Noticeably, the tensile strength of the ADC impregnated P-OCC (A-POCC) also increased by 2 times. This indicates that with excellent hydrophobicity and mechanical strength , the ADC has great potential application in green functional coating materials.
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高分子材料科学
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表面与界面化学
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生物质功能材料
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绿色化学
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包装材料工程
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JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
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2016
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IF 5.557
Sikuai Xue,Chengcai Li,Jiuming Li,Hailin Zhu,Yuhai Guo
To improve hydrophilicity and anti-fouling property of the polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) flat microfiltration (MF) membrane, a facile method was developed to modify the membrane via the co-deposition of catechol (CA) and polyethyleneimine (PEI) followed by surface mineralization of γ-(2,3-epoxypropoxy) propytrimethoxysilane (KH560). The surface chemical composition, surface morphology, hydrophilicity and filtration performance of the PTFE flat membrane were investigated by ATR-FTIR, XPS, FESEM, WCA and pure water flux measurements, respectively. After using this low-cost and simple modification method, the PTFE flat membrane was endowed with excellent hydrophilicity, high water permeation flux and superior anti-fouling property. Then, the oil/water separation tests were conducted using the modified PTFE flat membranes. The size distribution of the oil droplets is between 0.12–1.44 µm and the mean pore size of pristine PTFE flat MF membrane is 0.22 µm. The as-prepared hydrophilized PTFE flat membranes possess an excellent oil resistant ability with oil rejection ratio near 99%. Finally, the surface stability of the modified membrane was studied and the mineralized membrane showed excellent acid resistant ability. Therefore, this facile strategy holds attractive potential practical application in water environmental remediation.
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材料科学
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环境工程
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膜技术
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表面化学
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水处理
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2019
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IF 5.108
Dongdong Ge,Haiping Yuan,Yanwen Shen,Wenrui Zhang,Nanwen Zhu
Waste activated sludge (WAS), containing biological pathogens, chemical elements and high moisture (>99%), was generated continually from municipal sewage treatment plants. Sludge dewatering could diminish the volume of WAS and control the diffusion of environmental pollution efficiently. In this study, tannic acid (TA), as a plant-derived phenolic compound, was investigated for improving WAS dewaterability at different temperatures. Apparently, the WAS dewaterability was enhanced by TA conditioning in the range of 25–55 °C, but further increase in temperature did not significantly affect the dewatering. With the TA addition of 0.15 mmol/gTS (total solid) at 55 °C, the WAS dewaterability was improved by 84.5% decrease in capillary suction time (CST), 96.5% decrease in specific resistance of filtration (SRF), and 19.9% decrease in water content (Wc) of dewatered sludge cake. TA facilitated removing supernatant viscosity and protein of sludge EPS (extracellular polymeric substances), specifically with 88.9% and 75.0% protein removal of slime EPS (S-EPS) and loosely bound EPS (LB-EPS). Thermodynamics modeling revealed that the improved dewaterability was dominantly attributed to the hydrophobic bonding between TA and EPS proteins, which was strengthened with the increase in temperature. However, when the conditioning temperature exceeded 55 °C, thermal effect took place and accelerated the release of biopolymers into EPS and hence, counteracted the beneficial effect of TA conditioning to further improve WAS dewatering. The results offered not only the dewatering effectiveness and mechanism of TA conditioning, but also a potential approach of applying plant waste to treat WAS for the high dewaterability.
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环境科学
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环境工程
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微生物学
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化学工程
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污染控制
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SOLID STATE IONICS
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2022
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IF 3.699
Tayfun Kocak,Xiadong Qi,Xiaogang Zhang
The extended cyclability of LiNi 0.5 Mn 1.5 O 4 (LNMO) electrodes featuring different water-based binders is here reported. LNMO electrodes with guar gum (GG) binders show a relatively stable cycle performance at 0 °C and room temperature. However, water-based binders exhibit higher capacity fade than those with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF) binder at 50 °C. Although PVdF binder has a lower adhesion force than CMC and GG; PVdF-based electrodes exhibit better capacity retention than those with water-based binders at 50 °C over 1000 cycles. Finally, operando Differential Electrochemical Mass Spectrometry (DEMS) experiments were carried out to analyze the evolution of volatile decomposition products formed over cycling at 1C and 30 °C of CMC-, GG- and PVdF-based LNMO electrodes. CO 2 and H 2 gas evolutions increase remarkably at both high temperatures and high potentials, i.e., ~ 4.7 V.
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电化学
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材料科学
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能源存储
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锂离子电池
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电极材料
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CHINESE JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
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2022
·Vol. 50
·期 7
·100101
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IF 1.193
Ranehipura Dewage Lahiru SANDARUWAN,Bo-Yu WANG,Suwanda Arachchige Don Rumesh MADHUSANKA,Shun-Chao MA,Hong-Yu WANG
Transition to aqueous electrode fabrication of lithium ion batteries (LIBs) with green binder is certainly profitable and imperative in terms of economic benefit and environmental wellness. However, aqueous processing of cathode in LIB, especially the ternary LiNi x Co y Mn z O 2 (NCM), is still problematic and novel water-soluble binder should be developed to boost the electrochemical performances of cathode. In this regard, commercially available white latex (WL), cooperating with CMC (carboxymethyl cellulose), is employed as water-processable binder mixture for manufacturing NCM cathode. Interestingly, the prepared NCM cathode assisted by WL/CMC mixture exhibits improved electrochemical performances including better initial reversible capacity of 161.7 mAh g −1 at 0.5 C current density, long-term cyclability with a reversible capacity of 155 mAh g −1 along with high-capacity retention of around 96% after cycling 200 times, and even excellent rate capability, which are superior to those of the conventional counterpart base on polyvinylidene fluoride (PVdF). Moreover, the NCM|graphite full cell, which is absolutely based on this novel WL binder, also demonstrates the outstanding electrochemical behaviors.
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电化学
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能源材料
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锂电池技术
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高分子材料科学
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Desalination and Water Treatment
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2024
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IF 1
Zhenyu Wang,Zhu Tu,Lulu Lu,Zefeng Wang,Minghua Yang
The addition of the surfactant can greatly reduce the moisture content of the sludge. But little research has been done on the synthesis of surfactants and the mechanism of dehydration. Thus, a novel cationic surfactant ZWY-28 with higher surface activity and more surface charge was investigating for sludge dewatering in this research. Results showed that when the content of ZWY-28 was 1% (0.14 g/L), the specific resistance to the filtration of sludge had a minimum value of 2.04 × 10 12 m/kg, the moisture content of the dehydrated sludge cake reached a minimum of 78.9%, the bound water reduced to 6.32 g/g, decreased by 39.2%. What’s more, the ZWY-28 is extremely helpful in releasing Extracellular polymers substances from sludge, lead to the removal of bound water, which is the key point of affecting sludge dewatering. The study clearly illustrated that the surfactant ZWY-28 accelerated the dewatering process and could be used as a potential agent for sludge. Meanwhile, it provides ideas for the selection and structure design of surfactants in sludge dewatering.
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环境工程
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胶体与界面化学
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废水处理
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污泥处理
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JOURNAL OF RARE EARTHS
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2024
·Vol. 43
·期 10
·2100-2107
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IF 5.2
Jing Yan,Junyu Hong,Xiaohui Li,Bojana Milićević,Lei Zhou,Chunyan Jiang,Mingmei Wu
Nowadays, high-quality phosphor-converted white light-emitting diodes (pc-WLEDs) ought to include cyan-emitting phosphors allowing for full-spectrum light similar to sunlight. Herein, we report a garnet-structured Ce 3+ -doped SrLu 2 Ga 1.5 Al 2.5 SiO 12 (SLGASO) phosphor that significantly compensates for the absence of cyan light, known as the “cyan cavity”. The SLGASO host crystallizes into a cubic structure with the I a 3 ¯ d space group. The cell parameters were determined using Rietveld refinement. Under 430 nm blue excitation, SLGASO:Ce 3+ emits intense cyan-green light in the 450–700 nm wavelength range. The representative SLGASO:0.07Ce 3+ phosphor has an internal quantum efficiency (IQE) of 95.4% and excellent thermal stability, remaining 92.7% of its initial emission intensity at 152 °C. After 155 d of immersion in water, the luminous intensity of SLGASO:0.07Ce 3+ remains constant, confirming its waterproofness. Furthermore, a pc-WLED device with luminous efficiency (LE) of 101.58 lm/W, color rendering index ( Ra ) of 91, correlated color temperature (CCT) of 4536 K, and Commission Internationale de L'Eclairage (CIE) chromaticity coordinates of (0.3555, 0.3390) was fabricated by combining as-prepared cyan-green-emitting SLGASO:0.07Ce 3+ , yellow-emitting Y 3 Al 5 O 12 :Ce 3+ (YAG:Ce 3+ ), and red-emitting (Ca,Sr)AlSiN 3 :Eu 2+ phosphors, as well as a 450 nm blue chip. These findings indicate that SLGASO:0.07Ce 3+ phosphor can bridge the cyan gap and improve the performance of as-fabricated full-visible-spectrum WLEDs.
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材料科学
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光学材料
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固态照明
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无机化学
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光电子学
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2024
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IF 6.3
Jingying Xu,Teng Hou,Jing Zhou,Hao Ye,Yaru Wang,Lvzhu Cheng,Xianglong Li,Bin Yang
Photocatalytic fibrous membranes are regarded as one of the most proficient materials for environmental remediation because of their excellent photocatalytic activity, porous structure, and outstanding recyclability. However, the poor dispersion performance of photocatalysts in the polymer matrix and the low migration ability to the surface constrain the development of this technology. In this study, a versatile strategy was developed to facilitate the design of hydrophilic nanofibrous membranes with promising photocatalytic activity and robust recyclability by combining the loaded rare earth element La 3+ modified TiO 2 photocatalyst, introducing hyperbranched polymers as dispersants within electro-centrifugal spinning, and applying post-treatment to construct hydrophilic sites. Significantly, the removal efficiency of the fibrous membrane materials on the dye wastewater was as high as 89.34 %, and the treatment efficiency can still reach 81.68 % after five cycles. In addition, the photocatalytic mechanism for the degradation of organic pollutants was also analyzed. This work provides a new method for building advanced photocatalytic nanofibrous membranes, which is expected to be used in the treatment and remediation of environmental wastewater.
研究领域:
环境科学
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材料科学
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纳米技术
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化学工程
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光催化
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高分子材料
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水处理技术
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2019
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IF 4.784
Linjun Wu,Siqi Huang,Jia Zheng,Zhongjie Qiu,Xuliang Lin,Yanlin Qin
The traditional polyvinyl alcohol composite hydrogel exhibited poor swelling and mechanical properties, which limited its application. To solve these issues, we use biomass lignin as raw material, PVA as matrix template and epichlorohydrin as cross-linker to prepare the Lignin-PVA super-absorbent hydrogels with the swelling ratio of up to 456 g/g under mild condition. When the lignin concentration was increased from vacancy to 5%, the swelling ratio of the Lignin-PVA hydrogels was increased from 92 g/g to 456 g/g. The lignin-based hydrogel synthesized by the higher molecular weight PVA showed better swelling performance. Softwood lignin, hardwood lignin and corncob lignin could also be used to fabricate the Lignin-PVA super-absorbent hydrogels with the swelling ratio of higher than 500 g/g. However, the optimum amount varied from different lignin types, which was related to the molecular weight and phenolic hydroxyl content of lignin. The structural mechanism of the Lignin-PVA hydrogel was proposed to clearly certify the enhancing role of lignin. The adsorption capacity of the Lignin-PVA hydrogel with respect to rhodamine 6G, crystal violet and methylene blue dyes was up to 196, 169 and 179 mg/g, respectively. The Lignin-PVA hydrogel presents great potential applications in the fields of soil water retention and seed cultivation in agriculture, and dye pollutant removal.
研究领域:
高分子材料
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环境科学
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农业工程
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功能材料
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污染治理
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APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
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2018
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IF 4.439
Shuai Zhou,Xiang Zhou,Gazi Hao,Wei Jiang,Tianhe Wang
Modulation of the density (from 3.5 to 64 mg cm −3 ), hydrophobicity and oil-uptake capability of graphene aerogels in extensive ranges were achieved by reacting (3-Mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPS) with graphene oxide solutions under heating. The reaction allowed a characteristic silicone substructure to be formed on graphene and joint the graphene layers firmly together. With the increase of MPS concentrations (≤ca. 0.2 vol%), the nano silicone polymer grown on graphene functioned as a “linker” and “spacer”, leading to a substantial decrease of the aerogel density. Because of the formation of silicone polymer and the characteristic nano-micro substructures on the backbones of graphene aerogels, the graphene aerogels exhibited a high hydrophobicity with the water contact angle consistently exceeding 142 degrees. Functionalized graphene aerogels with a density of 3.5 mg cm −3 were conveniently fabricated that displayed an extraordinary oil absorption capacity, 182 times for lubricating oil and 143 times for n-hexane of its own weight. Furthermore, the aerogels maintained their ultra-high absorption capability even after 20 absorption-distillation cycles, due to structural integrity held by the strong interfacial adhesion between graphene sheets and polymer chains of aerogels. This study offers a promising graphene aerogels and also provides a strategy for fabricating extra low dense functional materials.
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材料科学
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纳米科技
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高分子化学
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环境功能材料
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表面与界面工程
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