Carbon microtube aerogel derived from kapok fiber : an efficient and recyclable sorbent for oils and organic solvents

• Main Authors: Song, Pin, Cui, Jiewu, Di, Jun, Liu, Daobin, Xu, Manzhang, Tang, Bijun, Zeng, Qingsheng, Xiong, Jun, Wang, Changda, He, Qun, Kang, Lixing, Zhou, Jiadong, Duan, Ruihuan, Chen, Bingbing, Guo, Shasha, Liu, Fucai, Shen, Jun, Liu, Zheng
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Kapok Fiber; Carbon Microtube Aerogel
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155170
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A carbon microtube aerogel (CMA) with hydrophobicity, strong adsorption capacity, and superb recyclability was obtained by a feasible approach with economical raw material, such as kapok fiber. The CMA possesses a great adsorption capacity of 78-348 times its weight. Attributed to its outstanding th...