The invention discloses an oleophylic and hydrophobic
sponge material as well as preparation and application thereof. The material comprises
sponge and a carbon-containing hydrophobic film layer coated on a
sponge framework, and
lauric acid is coated on the carbon-containing hydrophobic film layer. The preparation method comprises the following steps: in an
inert atmosphere, heating and carbonizing
dried banana peel
powder, carrying out alkali treatment on a product, heating and calcining, and carrying out acid
pickling to obtain
biomass derived carbon; the preparation method comprises the following steps: dispersing
biomass derived carbon in a PDMS solution to obtain a carbon
powder suspension, immersing a sponge in the carbon
powder suspension, taking out the sponge after immersion,
drying, immersing the sponge in liquid
lauric acid, taking out the sponge after vacuum immersion, removing redundant
lauric acid, uniformly smearing the carbon
powder suspension on the outer surface of a sponge intermediate, and
drying and solidifying to obtain the sponge. The material can be applied to adsorption and
recovery of high-
viscosity crude oil. In the oil-water
separation process, the prepared
composite material shows efficient adsorption capacity and rapid separation effect on high-
viscosity crude oil, and has remarkable environmental and
economic benefits.