Highly efficient and flexible electrospun carbon silica nanofibrous membrane for ultrafast gravity-driven oil water separation

• Main Authors: Tai, Ming Hang, Gao, Peng, Tan, Benny Yong Liang, Sun, Darren Delai, Leckie, James O.
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105898; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/20928; http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/am501758c
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A novel free-standing and flexible electrospun carbon–silica composite nanofibrous membrane is newly introduced. The characterization results suggest that the electrospun composite nanofibers are constructed by carbon chains interpenetrated through a linear network of 3-dimensional SiO2. Thermogravi...