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Fabrication of superhydrophobic and flame-retardant polyethylene terephthalate fabric through a fluorine-free layer-by-layer technique

  • Junxiang Guo EMAIL logo , Daqiang Cang EMAIL logo , Zhixing Zhao , Youhao Yin , Zhiqiang Yang and Bateer Saiyin
Published/Copyright: May 20, 2022
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International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering
From the journal International Journal of Chemical Reactor Engineering Volume 20 Issue 12

Abstract

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) fabric materials are broadly applied in daily life. However, on one hand, they suffer problem of easy contamination by dust owing to their hydrophilicity, which largely reduce their lifetime. On the other hand, their inflammability will bring many potential safety hazards. Therefore, in this paper, PET fabric material with superior superhydrophobicity and flame retardance through a fluorine-free layer-by-layer (LBL) method was developed, which effectively extended its lifetime and range of applications. The LBL technique was realized through assembly of the mixed polyelectrolytes include chitosan (CS), phytic acid (PA), and ammonium polyphosphate (APP) for only two bilayers (BL), which endowed the fabric superior fire retardance. A final layer consisted of steel slag (SS) particles and octadecylamine (ODA) were further assembled onto the flame-retardant fabric, which successfully gave rise to superior superhydrophobicity with water contact angle (WCA) of 155° and water sliding angle (WSA) of 2°. Compared with the pure fabric, the limited oxygen index (LOI) values of the coated fabric were enhanced from 19.8% to 29.2%. The finally obtained fabric also showed excellent self-cleaning and anti-fouling capabilities. It could be used to highly efficiently separate various oil–water mixtures. It also could endure long-time heating treatment at high temperature of 180 °C without affecting the superhydrophobicity and flame retardance. This method was fluorine-free and made good use of waste SS particles. Such fabric was believed to find vary promising applications in water repellence, self-cleaning, flame retardance, anti-fouling, and liquid separation fields.

Keywords: flame retardance; fluorine free; PET fabric; steel slag; superhydrophobic
Corresponding authors: Junxiang Guo, Shougang Group Research Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100043, China; Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Recyclable Process for Iron & Steel Production Technology, Beijing, 100043, China; and School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China, E-mail: ; and Daqiang Cang, School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China, E-mail:

Funding source: National Natural Science Foundation of China

Award Identifier / Grant number: 52000172

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (52000172), and the National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFB0304300&2017YFB0304303).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2022-01-18
Accepted: 2022-05-02
Published Online: 2022-05-20

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https://doi.org/10.1515/ijcre-2022-0010
Keywords for this article
flame retardance; fluorine free; PET fabric; steel slag; superhydrophobic

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