Oil/water emulsion separation in harsh environments remains a big challenge. Herein, a double layered nanofibrous composite membrane was developed by assembly of polydopamine-modified hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN-PDA) onto a poly(arylene ether nitrile) (PEN) nanofibrous mat. Owing to the synergistic effect of a h-BN-PDA skin layer and a PEN nanofibrous mat supporting layer, as-prepared composite membrane exhibited high thermal stability, corrosion resistance, and superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic property. Consequently, the PEN composite membrane showed good antifouling performance and a high rejection ratio (>99.0%) for various oil/water emulsions. After 10 cycles, the separation flux of PEN composite membrane still reached 588.1 L/m 2 h under the operating pressure of 0.04 MPa. Furthermore, the PEN composite membrane could still achieve high separation efficiency and high flux in high-temperature (65 C) and strongly corrosive conditions (pH = 1-13). Therefore, the stable and efficient h-BN-PDA/PEN composite membrane showed potential application for treating oily wastewater in harsh environments. K E Y W O R D S hexagonal boron nitride, oil/water emulsion separation, poly(arylene ether nitrile), stability, superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic property 1 | INTRODUCTION Nowadays, the water pollution from oil spills and chemical industries seriously threatens the ecological balance and human health. 1,2Therefore, a variety of methods including gravity separation, 3 centrifugal separation, 4 adsorption separation, 5,6 and biological demulsification 7 are developed for oil/water separation. However, these traditional oil/water treatment technologies have the disadvantages of complicated operation process, low separation efficiency, and secondary pollution. 8 Moreover, they cannot effectively separate oil/water emulsion with a dispersed droplets' size less than 20 μm. 9,10 Recently, membrane separation technology has become a very important technology in the transformation of industrial technology. 11,12 In particular, the electrospun nanofibrous (ENF) membrane is widely applied for oil/water emulsion separation because of its high porosity, high specific surface area, stability, and adjustable function. [13][14][15][16] In order to achieve efficient oil/water separation and overcome the problem of membrane fouling, two kinds of super-wetting membrane materials are constructed: super-hydrophobic/underwater