Abstract
Addressing water pollution issues is directly related to green sustainable development. In this work, a heterostructure polyurethane-based (PU) sponge was prepared by a facile “dip-adhere” strategy to achieve simultaneous and efficient removal of oils and dyes from water. This innovatively designed sponge comprises two functional layers. The hydrophobic/lipophilic octadecylamine-molybdenum disulfide coated PU sponge (ODA-MoS2@PU) layer exhibits excellent sorption capacity, ranging from 37.35 to 63.52 times its own weight, for eight organic solvents (DMSO, isopropanol, n-hexane, petroleum ether, n-butanol, glycol, acetone, xylene) and five oils (soybean oil, olive oil, gasoline, diesel, and lubrication). Furthermore, it exhibits robust stability in extreme environments and maintains a high separation efficiency (99 % after 50 separations). The photocatalytic/superhydrophilic polydopamine-molybdenum disulfide coated PU sponge (PDA-MoS2@PU) layer demonstrates great photocatalytic degradation efficiency for dyes (96.80 % for methylene blue and 97.39 % for methyl orange). Consequently, the heterostructure PU sponge holds application potential in environment remediation.
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