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Electrospun Nanofibers for Oil–Water Separation

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Electrospun Nanofibrous Technology for Clean Water Production

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Electrospun nanofiber membranes (ENMs) have been widely used to treat oil/water emulsions, on account of their open-cell pores, high porosity and easily tunable structures. These physical characteristics endow ENMS membranes with high permeability in separating micron-sized oil/water droplets. Advanced ENMs in application of oil–water separation are introduced in this chapter. The progress and production of using surface engineering to modify the as-prepared ENMs with hierarchical structures are present here. The influence of fabricating parameters, such as modifier category, polymer–polymer incorporation on surface morphology and wettability are discussed in detail. The role of the hierarchical structures of modified ENMs on separation performance for oil/water emulsion are also figured out. The further application of ENMs in oil–water separation is under exploration, and it is expected that electrospinning technology will have a broad prospect in the design and fabrication of next-generation oil–water separation materials in the future.

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  1. Engineering Research Center of Membrane and Water Treatment of MOE, College of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310027, China

    Lin Zhang, **g Wang, Saisai Lin & **g Dou

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Zhang, L., Wang, J., Lin, S., Dou, J. (2023). Electrospun Nanofibers for Oil–Water Separation. In: Das, R. (eds) Electrospun Nanofibrous Technology for Clean Water Production. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-5483-4_7

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