Boron nitride ultrathin fibrous nanonets: one-step synthesis and applications for ultrafast adsorption for water treatment and selective filtration of nanoparticles.

Novel boron nitride (BN) ultrathin fibrous networks are firstly synthesized via an one-step solvothermal process. The average diameter of BN nanofibers is only ~8 nm. This nanonets exhibit excellent performance for water treatment. The maximum adsorption capacity for methyl blue is 327.8 mg g(-1). Especially, they present the property of ultrafast adsorption for dye removal. Only ~1 min is enough to almost achieve the adsorption equilibrium. In addition, the BN fibrous nanonets could be applied for the size-selective separation of nanoparticles via a filtration process.