Disclosure of Invention
In view of the defects of the prior art, the invention aims to provide a high-efficiency superhydrophobic cotton material with a photothermal effect, a preparation method and an application thereof, aims to solve the problem of leakage of high-viscosity crude oil, and overcomes the defects of the conventional superhydrophobic material in the process of separating heavy oil from water with high viscosity.
The technical scheme of the invention is as follows:
a method for preparing a super-hydrophobic cotton material with a photo-thermal effect comprises the following steps:
providing a cotton material;
pretreating the cotton material with ethanol;
dispersing polyhydroxy carbon nanotubes into ethanol, adding tetraethyl silicate and hexadecyl trimethoxy silane, and preparing super-hydrophobic nanoparticles;
dispersing the super-hydrophobic nano-particles into n-hexane to prepare a modified solution;
and immersing the pretreated cotton material into the modified solution, and drying to obtain the super-hydrophobic cotton material.
The preparation method of the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect comprises the following steps of preparing a cotton material, wherein the cotton material comprises but is not limited to non-woven fabrics, cotton fabrics or fabrics of cotton substrates.
The preparation method of the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect comprises the following steps of:
soaking the dried cotton material in ethanol solution at normal temperature for 5min, washing with deionized water, placing in oven, and drying at 60 deg.C for 8 h.
The preparation method of the superhydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect comprises the following steps of:
dispersing polyhydroxy Carbon Nano Tubes (CNT) in ethanol, and adding ammonia water to prepare a first suspension;
adding a tetraethyl silicate (TEOS) -ethanol mixed solution into the first suspension, and carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 2h to prepare a second suspension;
adding hexadecyl trimethoxy silane (HDTMS) to the second suspension, and performing ultrasonic treatment for 1h to prepare a third suspension;
and centrifuging the third suspension, and washing with ethanol to prepare the super-hydrophobic nano-particles.
The preparation method of the superhydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect comprises the following steps: the inner diameter is 2-5nm, the outer diameter is less than 8nm, and the length is 10-30 μm.
The preparation method of the superhydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect comprises the step of preparing tetraethyl silicate-ethanol mixed solution, wherein the volume ratio of tetraethyl silicate to ethanol in the tetraethyl silicate-ethanol mixed solution is 1: 5.
The preparation method of the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect comprises the following steps of: and (3) dispersing dimethyl Polysiloxane (PDMS), a curing agent and the super-hydrophobic nano particles in n-hexane, and performing ultrasonic treatment for 1h to prepare the modified solution.
The preparation method of the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect comprises the step of preparing a super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect, wherein the mass ratio of dimethyl Polysiloxane (PDMS) to a curing agent is 10: 1.
A super-hydrophobic cotton material with a photo-thermal effect is prepared by adopting the preparation method.
The application of the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect is characterized in that the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect is used for oil-water separation.
Has the advantages that: the invention adheres the super-hydrophobic nano-particles on the fiber of the cotton material to obtain the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect: firstly, carrying out superhydrophobic modification on a polyhydroxy Carbon Nanotube (CNT), obtaining long-chain hydrophobic groups through hydrolysis and condensation reactions between TEOS and HDTMS loaded on the CNT, drying to obtain superhydrophobic nanoparticles, and adhering the superhydrophobic nanoparticles on a cotton material by utilizing excellent adhesiveness of PDMS to obtain the superhydrophobic cotton material with a photo-thermal effect. The super-hydrophobic cotton material prepared by the invention has excellent super-hydrophobic performance, can generate a photo-thermal effect under the illumination condition, has high adsorption efficiency on heavy oil with high viscosity, and can perform effective oil-water separation. In addition, the viscosity of the heavy oil is reduced through photothermal effect, and the adsorption and desorption efficiency of the heavy oil can be obviously improved. Meanwhile, the super-hydrophobic modified cotton material has excellent wear resistance, acid and alkali resistance and excellent separation efficiency on other oils except crude oil.
Detailed Description
The invention provides a super-hydrophobic cotton material with a photothermal effect, and a preparation method and application thereof, and the invention is further described in detail below in order to make the purpose, technical scheme and effect of the invention clearer and clearer. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention.
Referring to fig. 1, a flow chart of a preferred embodiment of a method for preparing a superhydrophobic cotton material having a photo-thermal effect according to an embodiment of the present invention is shown in the figure, and includes the following steps:
s10, providing a cotton material;
s20, pretreating the cotton material with ethanol;
s30, dispersing the polyhydroxy carbon nano-tube (CNT) into ethanol, adding tetraethyl silicate (TEOS) and hexadecyl trimethoxy silane (HDTMS) to prepare super-hydrophobic nano-particles;
s40, dispersing the super-hydrophobic nano particles into n-hexane to prepare a modified solution;
and S50, immersing the pretreated cotton material into the modified solution, and drying to obtain the super-hydrophobic cotton material.
In some embodiments, the cotton material includes, but is not limited to, a non-woven fabric, a cotton fabric, or a fabric of cotton-based material.
In some embodiments, the step of subjecting the cotton material to ethanol pretreatment comprises: soaking the dried cotton material in ethanol solution at normal temperature for 5min, washing with deionized water, placing in oven, and drying at 60 deg.C for 8 h.
In some embodiments, the step of preparing the superhydrophobic nanoparticle is shown in fig. 2 and comprises:
s301, dispersing polyhydroxy Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) in ethanol, and adding ammonia water to prepare a first suspension;
s302, adding a tetraethyl silicate (TEOS) -ethanol mixed solution into the first suspension, and carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 2 hours to prepare a second suspension;
s303, adding hexadecyl trimethoxy silane (HDTMS) into the second suspension, and carrying out ultrasonic treatment for 1h to prepare a third suspension;
s304, centrifuging the third suspension, and washing with ethanol to prepare the super-hydrophobic nano-particles.
In some specific embodiments, the polyhydroxy carbon nanotubes have dimensions of: 95%, an inner diameter of 2-5nm, an outer diameter <8nm, and a length of 10-30 μm, but is not limited to this dimension.
In some specific embodiments, the volume ratio of tetraethyl silicate (TEOS) to ethanol in the tetraethyl silicate (TEOS) -ethanol mixed solution is 1: 5.
In some specific embodiments, the superhydrophobic modifier includes, but is not limited to, Hexadecyltrimethoxysilane (HDTMS).
In some embodiments, the step of preparing the modifying solution comprises: and (3) dispersing dimethyl Polysiloxane (PDMS), a curing agent and the super-hydrophobic nano particles in n-hexane, and performing ultrasonic treatment for 1h to prepare the modified solution.
In some specific embodiments, the mass ratio of the dimethylpolysiloxane (PDMS) to the curing agent is 10: 1.
The invention also provides a super-hydrophobic cotton material with a photo-thermal effect, wherein the super-hydrophobic cotton material is prepared by adopting any one of the preparation methods.
The invention obtains the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect by adhering the super-hydrophobic nano particles to the fibers of the cotton material, wherein the cotton material is essentially water-absorbent. The high-efficiency super-hydrophobic cotton material prepared by the invention generates a photo-thermal effect under the illumination condition, has high adsorption efficiency on heavy oil with high viscosity, and can perform effective oil-water separation. And the viscosity of the heavy oil is reduced through the photothermal effect, and the adsorption and desorption efficiency of the heavy oil can be obviously improved. Meanwhile, the modified cotton material has excellent wear resistance, acid and alkali resistance and excellent separation efficiency for other oils except crude oil.
Specifically, referring to fig. 3, in this embodiment, a superhydrophobic modification is performed on a polyhydroxy carbon nanotube, a long-chain hydrophobic group is obtained through hydrolysis and condensation reactions between TEOS and HDTMS loaded on a CNT, and the superhydrophobic nanoparticle is obtained by drying the hydrophobic group. And adhering the PDMS on a cotton material by utilizing the excellent adhesiveness of PDMS to obtain the super-hydrophobic cotton material with photo-thermal properties. The super-hydrophobic cotton material prepared by the embodiment has excellent super-hydrophobic performance and photo-thermal effect. In the face of ocean oil leakage and other similar events, when the super-hydrophobic cotton material is exposed to the sun, the viscosity of heavy oil adsorbed on the cotton material can be reduced due to the temperature rise of the cotton material caused by the photo-thermal effect, and the desorption of crude oil on the cotton material and the reutilization property of the modified cotton material are facilitated. Meanwhile, the modified cotton material has excellent abrasion resistance, acid and alkali resistance and excellent separation efficiency for other oils except crude oil.
The invention also discloses application of the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect, and the super-hydrophobic cotton material with the photo-thermal effect is used for oil-water separation.
The following is a further explanation of the super-hydrophobic cotton material with photothermal effect, its preparation method and application by specific examples:
example 1
Preparation of super-hydrophobic cotton material with photothermal effect
(1) Providing a cotton material, soaking the dried cotton material in an ethanol solution at normal temperature for 5min, then washing with a large amount of deionized water, and putting into an oven for drying for 8h at 60 ℃.
(2) Dispersing 0.2g of CNT (polyhydroxy carbon nanotube) in 50ml of ethanol, and dropwise adding 3ml of ammonia water; a TEOS (tetraethyl silicate) -ethanol mixed solution (2 mL of TEOS, 10 mL of ethanol) is slowly injected into the suspension and kept for 2h under ultrasonic treatment; 2.3mL of HDTMS (hexadecyltrimethoxysilane) was added dropwise to the above solution, followed by sonication for 1 h; the resulting solution was centrifuged at 10000rpm/min for 20 minutes and washed several times with ethanol to finally obtain superhydrophobic nanoparticles, noted as CNT @ TEOS/HDTMS particles.
(3) 2g of CNT @ TEOS/HDTMS particles, 2g of PDMS and 0.2g of a curing agent were dispersed in 150ml of n-hexane to obtain a modified solution, and subjected to ultrasonic treatment for 1 hour.
(4) And (3) immersing the dried cotton material treated by the ethanol into the modified solution for 1h, taking out, waiting for the solvent to volatilize at room temperature, and drying at 80 ℃ for 8h to obtain the super-hydrophobic modified cotton material.
Performance testing of superhydrophobic cotton materials with photothermal effect
(1) Oil-water separation efficiency test
Respectively carrying out oil-water separation test on the super-hydrophobic modified cotton material prepared in the example 1 and the crude cotton-oil mixture prepared in the comparative example 1, wherein the oil phase is selected from crude oil, a xenon lamp is utilized to simulate solar illumination, and the light intensity is 1kw/m2。
Taking 5ml of crude oil and 95ml of pure water mixed solution as an oil-water mixture, taking a cotton material in the form of an oil skimmer as a separation vessel to perform oil-water separation test, and calculating the oil-water separation efficiency according to a formula:
(m0representing the mass of water before oil-water separation, m1Representing the quality of water after oil-water separation)
As can be seen from fig. 4, under the same test conditions, the oil-water separation efficiency of the superhydrophobic cotton material can reach 98%, and the original cotton can not achieve the oil-water separation effect because it absorbs both water and oil.
In summary, the invention provides a superhydrophobic cotton material with a photo-thermal effect, which is prepared by performing superhydrophobic modification on a polyhydroxy Carbon Nanotube (CNT), obtaining long-chain hydrophobic groups through hydrolysis and condensation reactions between TEOS and HDTMS loaded on the CNT, and drying to obtain superhydrophobic nanoparticles. And adhering the PDMS on a cotton material by utilizing the excellent adhesiveness of PDMS to obtain the super-hydrophobic cotton material with photo-thermal properties. The super-hydrophobic cotton material prepared by the invention not only has excellent super-hydrophobic performance, but also has photo-thermal effect, can generate photo-thermal effect under illumination condition, has high adsorption efficiency on heavy oil with high viscosity, and can perform effective oil-water separation; in addition, the viscosity of the heavy oil is reduced through the photothermal effect, and the adsorption and desorption efficiency of the heavy oil can be obviously improved; meanwhile, the modified cotton material has excellent wear resistance, acid and alkali resistance and excellent separation efficiency for other oils except crude oil.
It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the examples described above, but that modifications and variations may be effected thereto by those of ordinary skill in the art in light of the foregoing description, and that all such modifications and variations are intended to be within the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.