Superoleophilic-hydrophobic Kapok oil sorbents via energy efficient carbonization

• Main Authors: Yunos, Normaisarah, Müller, Julian, Chen, Soo Kien, Tan, Kar Ban, Hepp, Marco, Butz, Benjamin, Schönherr, Holger, Talib, Zainal Abidin, Md Salim, Nora Salina, Mohd Ghazali, Mohd Sabri, Lee, Oon Jew
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2022
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/103361/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15440478.2022.2060403

High oil sorption, dynamic oil/water selectivity and oil retention are essential for advanced materials to remediate offshore oil spills. In this context, superoleophilic-hydrophobic kapok bundles, synthesized via a simple, one-step and energy efficient carbonization (300°C), were investigated as ef...