writer：Jincui Gu, Peng Xiao, Jing Chen, Fu Liu, Youju Huang, Gaiye Li, Jiawei Zhang and Tao Chen*
keywords：Superhydrophobic Polymer/Carbon Nanotube Hybrid Membranes, Separation of Water-in-Oil Emulsions
source：期刊
specific source：Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2014, 2 (37), 15268 - 15272
Issue time：2014年
A facile and robust strategy for fabricating superhydrophobic polymer/carbon nanotube hybrid membranes via covalent attachment of hydrophobic polymer such as polystyrene onto carbon nanotube membrane is proposed. The as-prepared hybrid membranes can selectively remove a wide range of organic solvents from water with high absorption capacity and good recyclability. Moreover, the obtained membrane shows excellent separation properties for surfactant-stabilized water in oil emulsions with separation efficiency as high as 99.94%, and high flux (5000 Lm^-2h^-1bar^-1). Therefore, the superhydrophobic hybrid membranes enable efficient separation for various oil/water emulsions, showing attractive potential for practical oil/water separation.