Titanium Meets Carbon: Enhanced Reusable Filters for Oil–Water Separation and Environmental Remediation
To mitigate the environmental effects of oil spills, a novel hydrophilic–oleophobic mixed-coated filter was developed for efficient oil–water separation and surface oil recovery. The coating consisted of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO<sub>2</sub>) and ultra-fine carbon black powder,...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2025-03-01
|
| Series: | Separations |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/12/4/83 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1850155015702839296 |
|---|---|
| author | Amir-Hadi Boroumand Kayla Laguana Eric Dudley Pilar Cuadros-Arias Adrian Rubio Zachary Shin Jack Webster Mingheng Li |
| author_facet | Amir-Hadi Boroumand Kayla Laguana Eric Dudley Pilar Cuadros-Arias Adrian Rubio Zachary Shin Jack Webster Mingheng Li |
| author_sort | Amir-Hadi Boroumand |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | To mitigate the environmental effects of oil spills, a novel hydrophilic–oleophobic mixed-coated filter was developed for efficient oil–water separation and surface oil recovery. The coating consisted of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO<sub>2</sub>) and ultra-fine carbon black powder, deposited onto a 304 stainless-steel mesh substrate via spray deposition, followed by high-temperature sintering. This process induced a phase transition in TiO<sub>2</sub> from anatase to rutile, and formed a TiC khamrabaevite. The filter’s performance was evaluated using contact angle measurements and filtration tests with a motor oil–water mixture, while SEM, EDS, and XRD analyses characterized its morphology and coating structure. Contact angle testing confirmed that carbon modification significantly enhanced the oleophobicity of the TiO<sub>2</sub> filter, and SEM imaging demonstrated higher substrate coating adhesion, enabling multiple reuse cycles. These findings highlight the potential of TiO<sub>2</sub> carbon composite coatings in improving oil spill remediation technologies by offering a reusable and efficient filtration system. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-0a6c43f049a947bfbcd441d91f0147b6 |
| institution | OA Journals |
| issn | 2297-8739 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2025-03-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Separations |
| spelling | doaj-art-0a6c43f049a947bfbcd441d91f0147b62025-08-20T02:25:07ZengMDPI AGSeparations2297-87392025-03-011248310.3390/separations12040083Titanium Meets Carbon: Enhanced Reusable Filters for Oil–Water Separation and Environmental RemediationAmir-Hadi Boroumand0Kayla Laguana1Eric Dudley2Pilar Cuadros-Arias3Adrian Rubio4Zachary Shin5Jack Webster6Mingheng Li7Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, USADepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, USADepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, USADepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, USADepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, USADepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, USADepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USADepartment of Chemical and Materials Engineering, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA 91768, USATo mitigate the environmental effects of oil spills, a novel hydrophilic–oleophobic mixed-coated filter was developed for efficient oil–water separation and surface oil recovery. The coating consisted of titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO<sub>2</sub>) and ultra-fine carbon black powder, deposited onto a 304 stainless-steel mesh substrate via spray deposition, followed by high-temperature sintering. This process induced a phase transition in TiO<sub>2</sub> from anatase to rutile, and formed a TiC khamrabaevite. The filter’s performance was evaluated using contact angle measurements and filtration tests with a motor oil–water mixture, while SEM, EDS, and XRD analyses characterized its morphology and coating structure. Contact angle testing confirmed that carbon modification significantly enhanced the oleophobicity of the TiO<sub>2</sub> filter, and SEM imaging demonstrated higher substrate coating adhesion, enabling multiple reuse cycles. These findings highlight the potential of TiO<sub>2</sub> carbon composite coatings in improving oil spill remediation technologies by offering a reusable and efficient filtration system.https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/12/4/83titanium dioxidecarbon blackoleophobic and hydrophilic coatingfilteroil–water separation |
| spellingShingle | Amir-Hadi Boroumand Kayla Laguana Eric Dudley Pilar Cuadros-Arias Adrian Rubio Zachary Shin Jack Webster Mingheng Li Titanium Meets Carbon: Enhanced Reusable Filters for Oil–Water Separation and Environmental Remediation Separations titanium dioxide carbon black oleophobic and hydrophilic coating filter oil–water separation |
| title | Titanium Meets Carbon: Enhanced Reusable Filters for Oil–Water Separation and Environmental Remediation |
| title_full | Titanium Meets Carbon: Enhanced Reusable Filters for Oil–Water Separation and Environmental Remediation |
| title_fullStr | Titanium Meets Carbon: Enhanced Reusable Filters for Oil–Water Separation and Environmental Remediation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Titanium Meets Carbon: Enhanced Reusable Filters for Oil–Water Separation and Environmental Remediation |
| title_short | Titanium Meets Carbon: Enhanced Reusable Filters for Oil–Water Separation and Environmental Remediation |
| title_sort | titanium meets carbon enhanced reusable filters for oil water separation and environmental remediation |
| topic | titanium dioxide carbon black oleophobic and hydrophilic coating filter oil–water separation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2297-8739/12/4/83 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT amirhadiboroumand titaniummeetscarbonenhancedreusablefiltersforoilwaterseparationandenvironmentalremediation AT kaylalaguana titaniummeetscarbonenhancedreusablefiltersforoilwaterseparationandenvironmentalremediation AT ericdudley titaniummeetscarbonenhancedreusablefiltersforoilwaterseparationandenvironmentalremediation AT pilarcuadrosarias titaniummeetscarbonenhancedreusablefiltersforoilwaterseparationandenvironmentalremediation AT adrianrubio titaniummeetscarbonenhancedreusablefiltersforoilwaterseparationandenvironmentalremediation AT zacharyshin titaniummeetscarbonenhancedreusablefiltersforoilwaterseparationandenvironmentalremediation AT jackwebster titaniummeetscarbonenhancedreusablefiltersforoilwaterseparationandenvironmentalremediation AT minghengli titaniummeetscarbonenhancedreusablefiltersforoilwaterseparationandenvironmentalremediation |