Durable Nanofiber-Based Membrane with Efficient and Consistent Performance for Oil/Saltwater Separation

There is a large amount of oil-contaminated wastewater caused by oil/gas production and marine oil spills. It still major challenge for the development oil/water separating membranes that have excellent separation efficiency, can withstand saline environments, long-term durability. We present new membrane made ultralong titanate nanofibers (TNF) (with diameter 200 nm length 60 µm) carbon (CNF) 150 50 efficient consistent oil/saltwater separation. The intertwined structure critical to ensuring high mechanical strength durability membrane. nanofiber works as scaffold in this maintain integrity during multiple cycles reuses, which an important merit its practical applications. work functional component provide hydrophilicity has efficiency more than 99%, content treated effluent lower US environmental discharge standards (42 ppm), water flux 1520 LMH/bar, due superhydrophilicity inter-connected pore structure. also exhibits outstanding variety salinity well good resistance fouling. This type potential industrial application treating oily durability, oil-fouling resistance, easy scalability.