Journal of CO2 Utilization
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2022
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Ren Wu,Agula Bao
With the development of large-scale animal husbandry, large amounts of manure have brought great harm to the ecological environment, thus limiting sustainable development of human and animal husbandry. Biomass carbon has been extensively studied as an adsorption material. The rational use of cow dung as biomass has important research significance for the ecological environment. However, most previous work has directly converted biomass to carbon, which limits its application due to the poor quality stability of the biomass porous carbon and large variations in performance resulting from the complexity of biomass composition and microstructure. In this work, porous carbons were prepared after pretreatment of cow dung with NaOH-urea solution to extract cellulose and activate KOH. The results showed that the materials prepared under the optimal conditions (pre-carbonization temperature of 600 °C, cellulose-to-KOH ratio of 1:1) exhibited an ultrahigh specific surface area (1345 m 2 /g) and micropore ratio (74.24%). The capacities for adsorption of CO 2 at 273 K and 298 K and 1 bar were as high as 4.61 mmol/g and 3.26 mmol/g, respectively. This study expands the application range for cellulose and has significance for future preparation of porous carbon materials by extracting cellulose from biomass.
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CHEMOSPHERE
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2023
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IF 8.8
Tariq Aziz,Arshad Farid,Sampath Chinnam,Fazal Haq,Mehwish Kiran,Ab Waheed Wani,Zeid A. Alothman,Ahmed Muteb Aljuwayid,Mohamed A. Habila,Muhammad Saeed Akhtar
Green and efficient removal of polluted materials are essential for the sustainability of a clean and green environment. Nanomaterials , particularly cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs), are abundant in nature and can be extracted from various sources, including cotton, rice, wheat, and plants. CNCs are renewable biomass materials with a high concentration of polar functional groups. This study used succinic anhydride to modify the surface of native cellulose nanocrystals (NCNCs). Succinic anhydride has been frequently used in adhesives and sealant chemicals for a long time, and here, it is evaluated for dye removal performance. The morphology and modification of CNCs studied using FTIR, TGA & DTG, XRD, SEM, AFM, and TEM . The ability of modified cellulose nanocrystals (MCNCs) to adsorb cationic golden yellow dye and methylene blue dye was investigated. The MCNCs exhibited high adsorption affinity for the two different cationic dyes. The maximum adsorption efficiency of NCNCs and MCNCs towards the cationic dye was 0.009 and 0.156 wt%. The investigation for adhesive properties is based on the strength and toughness of MCNCs. MCNCs demonstrated improved tensile strength (2350 MPa) and modulus (13.9 MPa) using E−51 epoxy system and a curing agent compared to 3 wt% composites. This research lays the groundwork for environmentally friendly fabrication and consumption in the industrial sector.
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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
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2023
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IF 5.9
Qingshuang Zhao,Ting Xu,Meng Zhang,Huayu Liu,Haishun Du,Chuanling Si
Construction of composite Zn anode with highly conductive frame can effectively homogenize the interfacial electric field and charge distribution, thereby effectively inhibiting the formation of dendrites of aqueous Zn-ion batteries. Herein, highly conductive nanocellulose-based carbon aerogels with honeycomb porous structure and high specific surface area were synthesized by bidirectional freezing and carbonization. Dendrite-free Zn@Carbon Aerogel (Zn@CA) composites were prepared by facile electrodeposition. Benefiting from the ordered porous structure of nanocellulose-based carbon aerogels, Zn was uniformly dispersed on carbon aerogels. The carbon aerogels with connected conductive network can adjust the nucleation sites of Zn, thus inhibiting the formation of dendrites. Zn@CA composite electrode material exhibits high specific surface area and hydrophilicity (water contact angle of 37.8°), and owns rapid electron transfer channels. The assembled symmetrical cells with Zn@CA electrodes exhibit lower polarization voltage, excellent cycling performance, and almost 100% Coulombic efficiency as well as fast electrochemical kinetics during repeated Zn plating/stripping processes for 13,000 cycles.
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2022
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IF 10.723
Chen Cheng,Rendang Yang,Yang Wang,Danning Fu,Jie Sheng,Xiaohui Guo
Bacterial cellulose (BC) lithium-ion batteries separators possess outstanding thermal dimensional stability and electrolyte wettability, but theirs nano diameter and high aspect ratio lead to poor porosity and pore size uniformity of dense BC separators, limiting the Li + transmission in the separators. In this paper, chitosan (CS) with different molecular weight was grafted onto BC (named OBCS), and a high-performance OBCS separator with excellent pore structure and tunable pore size was prepared by simple suction filtration. The spacing and dispersion uniformity of OBCS were improved by the CS grafted on BC surface, thus improving the pore structure and porosity of OBCS separators. The results showed that the obtained OBCS separators not only have excellent physicochemical properties, but also exhibit higher electrochemical performances than the commercial polypropylene (PP) separator. This work provides a new feasible strategy for improving the pore structure and porosity of nanocellulose separators.
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ACS Nano
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2022
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Di Lu,Mengfei Li,Xiaoqing Gao,Xiao Yu,Lihong Wei,Shoujun Zhu,Yan Xu
Near-infrared circularly polarized light is attractive for wide-ranging applications. However, high-performance near-infrared circularly polarized light is challenging to realize. Here, we show that left-handed chiral photonic cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) films produced from ultrasonicated suspensions enable right-handed circularly polarized luminescence with a dissymmetry factor of −0.330 in the second near-infrared window (NIR-II). We present a theoretical analysis of the adverse effect of structural defects and luminescence intensity heterogeneity on the right-handed circularly polarized luminescence glum inside the bandgap and the occurrence of left-handed circularly polarized luminescence at the band edges. We demonstrate the potential of the chiral photonic CNC films with NIR-II circularly polarized light for cancer cell discrimination. The present work identifies key scientific questions in CNC-based circularly polarized luminescence materials research.
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Polymers
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2022
·Vol. 15
·期 1
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Kewei Shu,Siyu Tian,Yu Wang,Guiqiang Fei,Liyu Sun,Huizhu Niu,Yihao Duan,Guangyu Hu,Haihua Wang
One of the most critical challenges for commercialization of sodium-ion battery (SIB) is to develop carbon anodes with high capacity and good rate performance. Graphene would be an excellent SIB anode candidate due to its success in various kinds of batteries. Liquid-phase exfoliation (LPE) method is an inexpensive, facile and potentially scalable method to produce less-defected graphene sheets. In this work, we developed an improved, dispersant-assisted LPE method to produce graphene composite materials from raw graphite with high yield and better quality for SIB anode. Here, bacterial cellulose (BC) was used as a green dispersant/stabilizer for LPE, a “spacer” for anti-restacking, as well as a carbon precursor in the composite. As a result, the carbonized BC (CBC)/LPE graphene (LEGr) presented improved performance compared to composite with graphene prepared by Hummers method. It exhibited a specific capacity of 233 mAh g−1at a current density of 20 mA g−1, and 157 mAh g−1after 200 cycles at a high current density of 100 mA g−1with capacity retention rate of 87.73%. This method not only provides new insight in graphene composites preparation, but also takes a new step in the exploration of anode materials for sodium-ion batteriesSIBs.Keywords:liquid phase exfoliation;bacterial cellulose;graphene composite;sodium-ion battery
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CELLULOSE
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2022
·Vol. 30
·期 2
·1193-1204
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IF 6.123
Ma Hongliang,Liu Zhuqing,Lou Jiang,Ding Qijun,Jiang Yifei,Li Xia,Han Wenjia
As a human-computer interaction technology for the Internet of Things (IoT), non-contact humidity sensors have been widely explored. However, traditional humidity sensors have become a bottleneck in the development of flexible electronics owing to their complex processes and non-degradability. Here, bacterial cellulose (BC) and MWCNT were sequentially coated on paper to construct a durable and highly sensitive bacterial cellulose/MWCNT humidity sensor (BCNT). The BC endows the paper substrate with dense structure and significantly reduces the consumption of active materials (6.7 times reduction). Further, the well-dispersed CNT coating forms an interlocking structure with the BC nano-network, which results in a high mechanical strength (66.3 MPa). The maximum response of BCNT02 can be up to 94.5% (− ΔI/I 0 ) under 98% RH, and the response and recovery times were 150 and 297 s, respectively. Moreover, the high humidity sensitivity of the BCNT make it an excellent choice for research and development of humidity sensors for respiration detection, non-contact switching and humidity localization.
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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
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2022
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IF 10.723
Yang Zhang,Shiqiang Cui,He Liao,Yue Zhang,Yumei Zhang,Huaping Wang
Biodegradable fibers have been widely developed for advanced textile fields, but their practical applications are limited by large plastic deformation . To solve this problem, we developed a solvent-free melt spinning method to prepare poly(butylene succinate)/microcrystalline cellulose (PBS/MCC) composite monofilaments. The high modulus and rigidity of MCC limit PBS plastic deformation and the in-situ formed hydrogen bonds between MCC and amorphous PBS improved MCC dispersion and led to the formation of rigid MCC physical crosslink points. The composite monofilaments with 10–25 wt% of MCC after multi-stage and high-ratio hot stretching showed a double yielding behavior and microelastic response, indicating the permanent deformation resistance of the composite monofilaments under small deformation. Moreover, the addition of MCC improved the biodegradability of the composite monofilaments after 60 days buried in soil. Therefore, our study provides a design strategy of microelastic composite monofilaments for maintaining dimensional stability during use and accelerating degradation during waste.
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
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2022
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IF 8.025
Jiaji Yue,Siying Zhou,Xingxiang Ji,Chunqi Jiao,Yi Cheng,Yehan Tao,Jie Lu,Jian Du,Haisong Wang
Robust biopolymer-based composite film with multifunctional performances significantly contributes to the packaging field. Herein, we proposed a sort of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) based composite film via incorporating versatile zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF) materials. Compared to pristine CMC film, the OTR, WVTR, and tensile strength of CMC/ZIF composite film with 1 wt ‰ Zn/Co-ZIF were improved from 64.89 cm 3 *μm/(m 2 *d*kPa), 1579.21 g/(m 2 *24h) and 16.9 MPa to 20.79 cm 3 *μm/(m 2 *d*kPa), 1209.58 g/(m 2 *24h) and 70.1 MPa, respectively. Notably, owing to the reduced band gap and intrinsic chemical and thermal stability of Zn/Co-ZIF, the fabricated Zn/Co-ZIF/CMC composite film presented well UV protection capability within the whole UV region and excellent UV-blocking durability after being exposed to UV-light at 365 nm for 12 h. In practice, the photocatalytic degradation of RhB solutions under UV light could be effectively suppressed when using Zn/Co-ZIF/CMC film as UV protection layer. Our findings proposed the potential application of these versatile ZIF materials as functional nanofiller within biopolymer substances for UV protection and transparent packaging area.
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APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
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2023
·Vol. 107
·期 5
·1551-1562
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Ye Jianbin,Li Jianqing,Wang Qiuhui,Wang Xiangjiang,Wang Shouan,Wang Honglin,Xu Jia
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In this study, loquat extract was selected as a promising substrate for bacterial cellulose (BC) production. A new BC-producing bacterial strain was isolated from residual loquat and identified as Komagataeibacter rhaeticus . BC production with different carbon sources and with loquat extract was investigated. Among all tested carbon sources, glucose was demonstrated to be the best substrate for BC production by K. rhaeticus , with up to 7.89 g/L dry BC obtained under the optimal initial pH (5.5) and temperature (28 °C) with 10 days of fermentation. The total sugar and individual sugars were investigated in different loquat extracts, in which fructose, glucose, and sucrose were the three main sugars. When loquat extract was prepared with a solid‒liquid (S-L) ratio of 2:1, the concentrations of glucose, fructose, and sucrose were 7.91 g/L, 9.31 g/L, and 2.84 g/L, respectively. The BC production obtained from loquat extract was higher than that of other carbon sources except glucose, and 6.69 g/L dry BC was obtained from loquat extract with an S-L ratio of 2:1. After BC production, all sugars substantially decreased, with the utilization of glucose, fructose, and sucrose reaching 93.9%, 87.9%, and 100%, respectively. These results suggested that the different sugars in loquat extract were all carbon sources participating in BC production by K. rhaeticus . Structural and physicochemical properties were investigated by SEM, TGA, XRD, and FT-IR spectroscopy. The results showed that the structural, chemical group, and water holding capacity of BC obtained from loquat extract were similar to those of BC obtained from glucose, but the crystallinity and thermal stability of BC were higher than those of BC from mannose and lactose but lower than those of BC from glucose and fructose. Key points A new BC-producing strain was isolated and identified as Komagataeibacter rhaeticus.
Loquat extract is an alternative substrate for BC production.
The BC obtained from loquat extract owns advanced physicochemical properties . Graphical Abstract
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Journal of Building Engineering
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2022
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IF 7.144
Ren Luo,Huai Liu,Ping Duan,Jiayuan Ye,Wei Chen,Zuhua Zhang,Aiguo Wang
As an alternative to the ordinary Portland cement (OPC), it is imperative to improve the performance of geopolymer under harsh conditions (such as sulfate/seawater attack). Sulfate attack is one of the reasons which cause deterioration and damages of geopolymer structures. Thus, the strategy of sulfate resistance attracts attention of researchers. As a reinforcement for geopolymer, the cellulose nanofiber (from waste bamboo powder) facilitates the utilization of waste bamboo powder. High-purity cellulose nanofiber (CNF) was obtained by using alkali, bleaching and acid hydrolysis treatments on waste bamboo powder. The purification effect and environmental impact of CNF were compared by different bleaching methods. The optimal conditions (containing 5 wt% H 2 O 2 , 0.04 wt% MgSO 4 and 0.05 wt% TAED) for CNF purification were determined. This work aims to investigate the effect of CNF and wollastonite (WS) on the sulfate resistance of metakaolin (MK) geopolymer. The deterioration mechanism of geopolymer reinforced by natural fiber (CNF and WS) exposed to sulfate environment was revealed by employing XRD , SEM and MIP . The influence of extreme sulfate environment on mechanical properties and microstructure was investigated. The analysis results of microstructure, mass loss rate and mechanical properties were also combined to evaluate the sulfate resistance. The outcomes show that the bleaching method of H 2 O 2 can effectively remove impurities and enhance the purification effect of CNF. The optimum mix proportion of MK geopolymer reinforced by natural fiber (formulated as 2% of CNF, 10% of WS and 88% of MK) is obtained. The compressive and flexural strengths are increased by up to 76.1% and 135.5% (compared to the control group), respectively. The deterioration of geopolymer is related to the concentration of Na 2 SO 4 and the immersion time. The degradation mechanism is attributed to the incomplete geopolymerization and the destruction of the pore structure due to sulfate attack exposure. The deterioration processes of geopolymer can be slowed down by introducing WS and CNF. It improves the sulfate resistance of the matrix from the structural aspect.
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CHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL
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2022
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IF 16.744
Jiming Yang,Shulin Wang,Fudong Bai,Xingmei Lu,Wei He,Zheng Fang,Ning Zhu,Kai Guo
Greatly reducing the cellulose crystallinity and lignin content of lignocellulose can substantially improve the enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency, dramatically reducing the enzyme dosage; however, it is difficult to be simultaneously achieved. A solution was put forward - biomass pretreatment was carried out with the binary system consisted of 1- n -butyl-3-methylimidazole chloride (BMIMCl) and arginine (Arg) at temperatures higher than the glass transition temperature of lignin (T g-lignin ). The cellulose crystallinity decreased because of hydrogen bonding with BMIMCl. Delignification was promoted via raising the temperature higher than the T g-lignin , while cellulose degradation was constrained by Arg. The delignification rate reached 90.36 %. The yield of cellulose remained at a level of 88.89 %, while the Crystallinity Index (CI) of cellulose decreased from 36.13 % (raw corn straw) to 13.50 % (regenerated material, RM). It was found that the average molecular weight (Mw) of lignin decreased from 1632 g/mol to 584 g/mol after pretreatment, indicating the lignin was depolymerized; the 2D-HSQC result showed the β-O-4′ bond of lignin was broken. Because the cellulose crystallinity and the lignin content of the regenerated material were reduced greatly at the same time, the RM was easily hydrolyzed by cellulase. The enzymatic hydrolysis glucose yield of the RM was 3.75 times that of raw corn straw when the enzyme dosage was only 0.41 FPU/g sample, reaching 99.5 %. The IL was successfully recycled four times, and the recovery rate was higher than 93 % each time. RM obtained in four cycles maintained high lignin removal rate and enzymatic hydrolysis glucose yield. The degradation products of hemicellulose and lignin were the main impurities in the recovered IL. This work may provide a new solution for green and efficient biomass pretreatment.
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