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Facile fabrication of superhydrophobic filter paper with improved durability and water repellency

  • Lizheng Sha EMAIL logo , Chao Ma , Huifang Zhao , Supeng Qiu , Zhongyu Yan and Daliang Guo
Published/Copyright: May 27, 2021
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Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal
From the journal Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal Volume 36 Issue 4

Abstract

Superhydrophobic surfaces have high potential in self-cleaning and oil-water separation applications. We developed a three-step method for the preparation of superhydrophobic filter paper. It involved citric acid (CA) pretreatment to activate cellulose fibers, coating with cellulose nanofibrils/functionalized silica (CNFs/m-SiO2) slurry to increase surface roughness, and grafting of hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDTMS) to enhance water resistance. The water contact angle (WCA) and siding angle (SA) of the prepared filter paper reached 151.5° and 7.5°, respectively. The results showed that, compared to the coated filter paper without the added CNFs, the coated paper with CNFs had higher retention of m-SiO2, thus roughness required for superhydrophobic surface was achieved. Further test under frequent abrasion and acid or alkali conditions showed that CA pretreatment improved the durability of superhydrophobic filter paper due to chemical crosslinking between the modified substrate and m-SiO2. Besides, the prepared superhydrophobic filter paper had outstanding self-cleaning property and high oil-water separation efficiency for various oil-water mixtures. Therefore, it is expected to be used for the treatment of oily wastewater.

Keywords: cellulose nanofibrils; citric acid; oil-water separation; self-cleaning; superhydrophobic filter paper

Funding statement: This work was supported by the key research and development plan of Zhejiang province (Grant No. 2021C01094).

  1. Conflict of interest: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/npprj-2021-0010).

Received: 2021-02-08
Accepted: 2021-05-15
Published Online: 2021-05-27
Published in Print: 2021-12-20

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https://doi.org/10.1515/npprj-2021-0010
Keywords for this article
cellulose nanofibrils; citric acid; oil-water separation; self-cleaning; superhydrophobic filter paper

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  5. Effect of polysulfide pulping process on the energy balance of softwood and hardwood kraft pulp mills
  6. Bleaching
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  8. Mechanical pulping
  9. The effect of process design on refiner pulp quality control performance
  10. Paper technology
  11. Carboxylated bleached kraft pulp from maleic anhydride copolymers
  12. Sustainable coatings on paper for enhancing barrier properties based on hemicellulose
  13. Coating
  14. Fold cracking of coated papers: investigation on automated computer-aided visual assessment method
  15. The effect of paper coatings containing biopolymer binder and different natural pigments on printability
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  19. Evaluation of mulberry branch waste as raw material for nanocellulose synthesis: effects of the synthesis method on product properties
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