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A reliable hydrophobic/superoleophilic fabric filter for oil–water separation: hierarchical bismuth/purified terephthalic acid nanocomposite

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In the present work, we developed a simple, eco-friendly, and cost-effective approach to fabricate a recyclable hydrophobic/superoleophilic fabric filter using bismuth nanostructures and purified terephthalic acid (PTA)-based resin. First, different morphologies of bismuth nanostructures such as dendritic, hierarchical, flower and cactus-like were prepared by a facile one-step galvanic displacement method. Afterwards, the coating composition of Bi/PTA mixtures was applied on the surface of fabric filters by a simple hand brushing route. The results indicated that the water and oil contact angles of the modified hydrophobic-superoleophilic fabric filter were about 135° and 0°, respectively. The various oil/water mixtures can be successfully separated by a facile gravity-driven filtration using the as-coated hydrophobic filter with the separation efficiency above 93% and repeatability for at least 10 times. Also, the improved hydrophobic filter showed excellent self-cleaning performance for the removal of surface contaminants. The advantages of scalable production, high efficiency, cost-effective, time saving, sustainable and excellent reusability for the prepared hydrophobic-superoleophilic filter make it to be a potential candidate for oil/water separation and self-cleaning applications.

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Authors are grateful to the council of Iran National Science Foundation (97017837) and University of Kashan for supporting this work by Grant No. (159271/897790).

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    Farshad Beshkar & Masoud Salavati-Niasari

  2. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Raparin, Rania, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

    Omid Amiri

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Beshkar, F., Salavati-Niasari, M. & Amiri, O. A reliable hydrophobic/superoleophilic fabric filter for oil–water separation: hierarchical bismuth/purified terephthalic acid nanocomposite. Cellulose 27, 9559–9575 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-020-03441-x

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