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[Display omitted] • Shish-kebab (SK) structures grown on PLA/PAN@PLA/PVDF Janus membranes. • SK structure improves hydrophobicity of the PLA-based electrospinning membranes. • Janus-SK membrane simultaneously enhances water transport rate and interfacial binding. • SK structure promotes efficient oil-water separation. Janus membranes are widely used in fields such as oil-water separation and wound dressings due to their asymmetric wetting properties. However, the weak interface binding force between the hydrophobic and hydrophilic layers can affect the liquid transport performance and membrane separation. In this study, we have reported a method using self-induced crystallization to grow shish-kebab (SK) structures in electrospinning polylactic acid-based fiber membranes. Peel testing revealed that the peel load after induced crystallization increased from 0 to 0.05 N to 0.05–0.15 N, and the time for droplets to penetrate from the hydrophobic side to the hydrophilic side decreased from 16S to 3S. This indicates that SK structures can enhance the adhesion between the hydrophilic and hydrophobic interface, as well as facilitating droplet transport. Through the oil-water separation experiment, it was discovered that the presence of SK structures can filter out more microemulsions. For different emulsions (kerosene, petroleum, n-hexane, petroleum ether, tea tree oil), the separation efficiency of Janus-SK membrane increased by 1.67 %, 2.5 %, 3.0 %, 9.7 %, 4.3 %, respectively. The development of Janus membranes has been provided with a new direction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

[Display omitted] • LDO/vinasse biochar composite was synthesized for phosphate recovery and reuse. • LDO@BC 0.1 exhibits an ultra-high specific surface area of 508.97 m2/g. • LDO@BC 0.1 displays excellent removal capacity for trace phosphate. • P-adsorbed LDO@BC can be used as fertilizer to accelerate plant growth. In this work, CaMgAl-layered double oxide/biochar (LDO@BC) composites were elaborated by hydrothermal coprecipitation and calcination for the efficient recovery of phosphate as well as the further application of the reclaimed composites as fertilizers. On the one hand, the appropriate selection of biochar derived from vinasses as the substrates could solve the limitations of LDO like low specific surface areas as well as poor dispersion. The obtained composites possess the ultrahigh specific surface area as high as 508.97 m2/g. Therefore, a maximum adsorption capacity of 153.64 mg/g is achieved. In addition, our composites are with fast adsorption rates that nearly 100 % phosphate could be removed within 60 s at a trace concentration owing to the large specific surface areas. On the other hand, the recovered adsorbents could be used as fertilizers because of the high contents of P, Ca and Mg elements. The phosphate-adsorbed LDO@BC (P-LDO@BC) demonstrated a positive fertilization effect, significantly accelerating plant growth with length increment by 0.75 times and mass increment by 2.09 times compared with the control groups. Thus, this work not only provides a new approach for waste vinasse utilization, but also presents a promising adsorbing material for phosphate recovery and reuse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Novel in-situ freeze polymerization assisted layer-by-layer self-assembly method was used to prepare robust regenerated cellulose fiber-polypyrrole (RCF-PPy) composite fibers with high-conductivity, where transverse-longitudinal polypyrrole growth on RCF was regulated by using Lewis acid FeCl 3 in crystalline ice state with the template etching and oxidation effects. [Display omitted] • In-situ freeze polymerization assisted layer-by-layer assembly achieved high-conductivity composite fibers. • Modulate transverse-longitudinal PPy growth on RCF was regulated by FeCl 3 in crystalline ice state. • RCF-PPy3 formed continuous and stable conductive networks using low concentrations PPy. • RCF-PPy3 displayed high strength and exceptional durability. • RCF-PPy3 sensor was designed into various multifunctional intelligent textiles. Novel in-situ freeze polymerization assisted layer-by-layer self-assembly method was utilized to prepare robust regenerated cellulose fiber-polypyrrole (RCF-PPy) composite fibers with high-conductivity, where transverse-longitudinal polypyrrole growth on RCF was regulated by using Lewis acid FeCl 3 in crystalline ice state with the template etching and oxidation effects. The RCF-PPy3 exhibited high strength (1.01 cN/dtex) and exceptional durability, withstanding mechanical deformation, friction (100 cycles), and ultrasonic washing (50 times), addressing the issues of poor interface adhesion and conductivity stability of conductive fibers. Furthermore, the composite fiber demonstrated high electrical conductivity of 87.66 mS cm−1 and outstanding sensing performances for monitoring strain, pressure, temperature (0.34 %/°C), and humidity (0.895 %/RH). Based on RCF-PPy3, a pressure sensor was constructed as a human–machine interface electronic device, achieving sedentary reminders, fingertip information transmission, indicating great potential applications in intelligent wearable fiber electronic devices. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Our photocatalyst possesses homo/heterojunction structure, which consists of hexagonal CdS, cubic CdS and Prussian blue. This design of homo/heterojunction structure not only achieves ideal energy band structure, which makes for stable and rapid separation of photogenerated electrons-holes, but also improves stability of photocatalyst in various extreme circumstances. Therefore, the photocatalytic activity is significantly enhanced. [Display omitted] • The homo/heterojunctions structures were designed via one-pot kinetic regulation. • The rational energy band distribution enhances photocatalytic activity. • The strong chelation between cyanogroups and Cd2+ improve the stability. • The photocatalysts possess excellent reusability. Photoreduction of soluble U(VI) to insoluble U(IV) by CdS-based catalysts shows great potential in remediating radioactive wastewater in terms of environmental friendliness and desirable bandgap as well as the availability of CdS, but is still limited by undesirable efficiency and stability from photogenerated carrier recombination and photocorrosion. Herein, we have elegantly designed tailor-made CdS@Prussian blue with homo/heterojunctions via one-pot kinetic regulation. The key to such a structure is to leverage the outstanding binding affinity between cyanogroups of Prussian blue and Cd2+ to create diversity of local precursor concentration differences. With such unique structure and rational energy band distribution, our photocatalysts demonstrate an unprecedented U(VI) removal efficiency as high as 2.5 times that of the pristine CdS. More importantly, the strong chelation between cyanogroups and Cd2+ endows our catalysts with extremely excellent stability compared with other state-of-the-art composite photocatalysts. This work provides a facile and universal inspiration for homo/heterojunction engineering of high-performance photocatalysts for photoreduction of uranium. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electric-field driven uranium extraction from seawater has been proved to greatly enhance the performances of various adsorbents via gathering uranyl ions at the surfaces, but high-concentration interfering cations would also be enriched which generates shielding effects to reduce adsorption capacity. To address this issue, we have fabricated nanofiltration membranes with sieving-adsorption properties by choosing polyamidoxime (PAO) as substrates and polyamide as skin layers. On the one hand, the polyamide skin layers fabricated by interfacial polymerization could effectively separate uranyl ions from other metal ions according to the size-sieving effect since the size of uranyl ions is much larger than most interfering cations. The results demonstrated that the nanofiltration membranes could nearly 100 % reject uranyl ions while the rejections of other metal ions below 30 %. On the other hand, the rejected uranyl ions would be enriched at the surfaces of PAO substrates and followed by adsorption. The increased uranium concentrations are beneficial for both adsorption capacity as well as adsorption rate. Therefore, the adsorption capacity increased by 30 % compared with the pristine PAO adsorbents. This work not only provides a new strategy for the design of high-performance adsorbents, but also could promote the engineering process of uranium extraction from seawater which has an important scientific significance and application value. [Display omitted] • Nanofiltration membrane with sieving and adsorption properties is prepared. • Electric fields are beneficial for the gathering of uranium at membrane surfaces. • The NF membranes could separate uranium from interfering metal ions. • The adsorption capacity of NF membrane increased by 154 % compared with the pristine PAO adsorbent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of sustainable bio-polyurethanes (bio-PU) from nonfood lignin has been attracting extensive attention owing to the abundant reserves, stable aromatic structures, and rich hydroxyls of lignin. However, exploiting a high-performance lignin-based PU integrating excellent mechanical properties with reprocessability is still a challenge. Herein, we proposed a dynamic phenolic-carbamates to construct robust and reprocessable bio-PU elastomers based on the reaction of phenolic lignin (PL) with isocyanate. Benefiting from the low M w of 1692 Da and the abundant phenolic hydroxyls of 8.3 mmol/g, the adaptable cross-linking network consisting of dynamic hydrogen bonds and phenolic-carbamates were formed by PL. The synthesized phenolic lignin-based PU (PLPU) displayed tunable mechanical properties via adjusting PL substitution amount. The tensile strength, modulus and toughness of PLPU reached 58.8 MPa, 1350.3 MPa, and 57 MJ/m3 when the substitution amount of PL was 70%, respectively. Importantly, the reversible cross-linking structure endowed PLPU with excellent multi-reprocessability. After 5 reprocessing cycles, the retention ratio of strength, breaking elongation, modulus and toughness was 87.6%, 58.9%, 218.1% and 63.3%, respectively, which were 1.6, 1.1, 3.5, 2.2 times higher than those of commercial lignin-based polyurethane (CLPU). Therefore, this work not only presents a robust and multi-reprocessable lignin-based PU elastomer with high substitution amount, but also provides a promising sustainable alternative to replace petroleum-based plastic. [Display omitted] • Obtaining high reactive phenolic lignin with high Ph-OH content of 8.3 mmol/g. • Building dynamic H-bonds and phenolic-carbamate bonds with phenolic lignin. • Reversible crosslinks endowed PLPU with excellent mechanical and thermoplastic properties. • Maintaining 87.6% of strength after 5 remodeling cycles. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]