Novel Superhydrophobic Aerogel on the Base of Polytetrafluoroethylene

Sergey A Baskakov; Yulia V Baskakova; Eugene N Kabachkov; Nadezhda N Dremova; Alexandre Michtchenko; Yury M Shulga

doi:10.1021/acsami.9b10455

Novel Superhydrophobic Aerogel on the Base of Polytetrafluoroethylene

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2019 Sep 4;11(35):32517-32522. doi: 10.1021/acsami.9b10455. Epub 2019 Aug 23.

Authors

Sergey A Baskakov, Yulia V Baskakova, Eugene N Kabachkov, Nadezhda N Dremova, Alexandre Michtchenko¹, Yury M Shulga²

Affiliations

¹ Instituto Politécnico Nacional , SEPI-ESIME-Zacatenco , Avenida IPN S/N, Ed.5, 3-r piso , Ciudad de Mexico , C.P. 07738 , Mexico.
² National University of Science and Technology MISIS , Leninsky pr. 4 , Moscow 119049 , Russian Federation.

PMID: 31408314
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b10455

Abstract

Polytetrafluoroethylene-based aerogel was synthesized for the first time. Graphene oxide was used as a binder. After reduction with hydrazine and annealing at 370 °C, the aerogel with a density of 29 ± 2 mg/cm³ became superhydrophobic. The aerogel was characterized by IR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The sorption capacity of the aerogel for seven solvents and its sorption recyclability for hexane were measured.

Keywords: IR spectroscopy; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; aerogel; graphene oxide; polytetrafluoroethylene; sorption capacity; superhydrophobicity.