Shi, Yongqian and Sun, Mengnan and Liu, Chuan and Fu, Libi and Lv, Yuancai and Feng, Yuezhan and Huang, Ping and Yang, Fuqiang and Song, Pingan 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1082-652X and Liu, Minghua
(2022)
Lightweight, amphipathic and fire-resistant prGO/MXene spherical beads for rapid elimination of hazardous chemicals.
Journal of Hazardous Materials, 423:127069.
pp. 1-12.
ISSN 0304-3894
Abstract
Frequent leaks of hazardous chemicals have a huge impact on human lives, property and the ecological environment. Therefore, the three-dimensional functional porous materials with high absorption efficiency and special wettability for the disposal of hazardous chemical spills is an urgent demand. In this work, a series of spherical beads consisting of partially reduced graphene oxide (prGO) and MXene (Ti3C2Tx) nanosheets were constructed by hydrogen bond induced self-assembly along with freeze-drying and thermal treatment. The lightweight and amphipathic prGO/MXene spherical beads (prGMSBDs) had millimeter-level size, spherical morphology and highly porous internal structure, which were especially suitable for eliminating hazardous chemicals. Because of their excellent thermal stability and fire retardance, the prGMSBDs could be used to absorb flammable organic liquids, reducing the fire risk of the flammable hazardous chemical spills. Indeed, the prGMSBDs exhibited outstanding absorption performances for various hazardous chemicals, including organic solvents and water-based concentrated acid and alkali. Moreover, the prGMSBDs showed relatively stable absorption performance after five absorption-drying cycles. Due to meeting the requirements of both amphipathic characteristic and flame retardancy, the prGMSBDs reported in this work may offer a promising strategy for rapidly cleaning up various hazardous chemicals and open a feasible route to protecting the combustible hazardous chemical spills from fire.
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| Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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| Refereed: | Yes |
| Item Status: | Live Archive |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Current - Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences - Centre for Future Materials (1 Jan 2017 -) |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Nov 2021 01:04 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Dec 2021 01:59 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Amphipathic; Chemical spill; Composite spherical bead; Flame-retardancy; Hazardous chemicals; Lightweight; Mxene; Rapid elimination; Reduced graphene oxides; Spherical beads |
| Fields of Research (2008): | 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials 09 Engineering > 0912 Materials Engineering > 091205 Functional Materials |
| Fields of Research (2020): | 40 ENGINEERING > 4016 Materials engineering > 401605 Functional materials 40 ENGINEERING > 4016 Materials engineering > 401602 Composite and hybrid materials |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970109 Expanding Knowledge in Engineering E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970103 Expanding Knowledge in the Chemical Sciences |
| Socio-Economic Objectives (2020): | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280105 Expanding knowledge in the chemical sciences 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280110 Expanding knowledge in engineering |
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| Identification Number or DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.127069 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/44080 |
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