• Title of article

    Covalently intercalated graphene oxide for oil–water separation

  • Author/Authors

    Liu، نويسنده , , Yun and Zhou، نويسنده , , Jie and Zhu، نويسنده , , Enwei and Tang، نويسنده , , Jian and Liu، نويسنده , , Xiaoheng and Tang، نويسنده , , Weihua، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2015
  • Pages
    9
  • From page
    264
  • To page
    272
  • Abstract
    We report the transformation of hydrophilic graphene oxide (GO) sheets into superhydrophobic nanomaterial by direct esterification with epoxy-functionalized polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (ePOSS). The covalently functionalized GO–ePOSS composite shows superhydrophobicity with a water/air contact angle of ∼145°. The highest dispersion limits for GO in selected organic solvents are obtained in the literature. The dispersion of GO–ePOSS can be extended to solvents with Hansen solubility parameters as low as 3.4. Efficient oil–water separation is also demonstrated by using a GO–ePOSS membrane.
  • Journal title
    Carbon
  • Serial Year
    2015
  • Journal title
    Carbon
  • Record number

    1929919