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ArticlePolymers2023

Facile Coaxial Electrospinning Synthesis of Polyacrylonitrile/Cellulose Acetate Nanofiber Membrane for Oil-Water Separations.

Maha Mohammad Al-Rajabi, Ismail W Almanassra, Abdelrahman K A Khalil, Muataz Ali Atieh, Tahar Laoui, Khalil Abdelrazek Khalil

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Article in Polymers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Maha Mohammad Al-RajabiResearch Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-2176-1314
Ismail W AlmanassraResearch Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0001-5461-9237
Abdelrahman K A KhalilResearch Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0002-9905-7407
Muataz Ali AtiehResearch Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.
Tahar LaouiResearch Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.
Khalil Abdelrazek KhalilResearch Institute of Sciences and Engineering, University of Sharjah, Sharjah 27272, United Arab Emirates.ORCID 0000-0001-7965-5779
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University of Sharjah WDRG
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oil-contaminated water and industrial oily wastewater discharges have adversely affected aquatic ecosystems and human safety. Membrane separation technology offers a promising solution for effective oil-water separation. Thus, a membrane with high surface area, hydrophilic-oleophobic properties, and stability is a promising candidate. Electrospinning, a straightforward and efficient process, produces highly porous polymer-based membranes with a vast surface area and stability. The main objective of this study is to produce hydrophilic-oleophobic polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and cellulose acetate (CA) nanofibers using core-shell electrospinning. Incorporating CA into the shell of the nanofibers enhances the wettability. The core PAN polymer improves the electrospinning process and contributes to the hydrophilicity-oleophobicity of the produced nanofibers. The PAN/CA nanofibers were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, field emission scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and surface-wetting behavior. The resulting PAN/cellulose nanofibers exhibited significantly improved surface-wetting properties, demonstrating super-hydrophilicity and underwater superoleophobicity, making them a promising choice for oil-water separation. Various oils, including gasoline, diesel, toluene, xylene, and benzene, were employed in the preparation of oil-water mixture solutions. The utilization of PAN/CA nanofibers as a substrate proved to be highly efficient, confirming exceptional separation efficiency, remarkable stability, and prolonged durability. The current work introduces an innovative single-step fabrication method of composite nanofibers, specially designed for efficient oil-water separation. This technology exhibits significant promise for deployment in challenging situations, offering excellent reusability and a remarkable separation efficiency of nearly 99.9%.

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electrospinninghydrophilic–oleophobicmembranenanofibersoil–water separation

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PMID38232019
PMCPMC10708555
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