Compressible Carbon Sponges from Delignified Wood for Fast Cleanup and Enhanced Recovery of Crude Oil Spills by Joule Heat and Photothermal Effect

• Published in: Advanced functional materials Vol. 31; no. 3
• Main Authors: Wu, Ming‐Bang, Huang, Sheng, Liu, Ting‐Yu, Wu, Jian, Agarwal, Seema, Greiner, Andreas, Xu, Zhi‐Kang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.01.2021
• Subjects: adsorption; Carbon; carbon sponge; Compressibility; Crude oil; crude oil spill; Environmental cleanup; External pressure; Hydrophobicity; Joule heat; Materials science; Oil spills; photothermal effect; Polydimethylsiloxane; Recovery; Sponges; Structural damage
• ISSN: 1616-301X; 1616-3028
• DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202006806

Fast and efficient cleanup of crude oil spills is still a global challenge because most of the crude oils are highly viscous and lowly fluid. Herein, a kind of polydimethylsiloxane‐decorated wood carbon sponges (PDMS@WCS) with desirable compressibility and hydrophobicity for the fast adsorption and...