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Innovative Biochar-Based Composite Fibres from Recycled Material

Carbon materials are becoming crucial in several industrial sectors. The drawbacks of these materials include their high cost and oil-based essence. In recent years, recycled materials have become possible alternative sources of carbon with several advantages. Firstly, the production of this alterna...

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Autores principales: Lepak-Kuc, Sandra, Kiciński, Mateusz, Michalski, Przemyslaw P., Pavlov, Krystian, Giorcelli, Mauro, Bartoli, Mattia, Jakubowska, Malgorzata
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34576524
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185304
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author Lepak-Kuc, Sandra
Kiciński, Mateusz
Michalski, Przemyslaw P.
Pavlov, Krystian
Giorcelli, Mauro
Bartoli, Mattia
Jakubowska, Malgorzata
author_facet Lepak-Kuc, Sandra
Kiciński, Mateusz
Michalski, Przemyslaw P.
Pavlov, Krystian
Giorcelli, Mauro
Bartoli, Mattia
Jakubowska, Malgorzata
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description Carbon materials are becoming crucial in several industrial sectors. The drawbacks of these materials include their high cost and oil-based essence. In recent years, recycled materials have become possible alternative sources of carbon with several advantages. Firstly, the production of this alternative source of carbon may help to reduce biomass disposal, and secondly, it contributes to CO(2) sequestration. The use of carbon derived from recycled materials by a pyrolysis treatment is called biochar. Here, we present composite materials based on different biochar filler contents dispersed in several thermoplastic polymer matrixes. Electrical conductivity and tensile break strength were investigated together with the material characterisation by DTA/TGA, XRD, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging. Materials with good flexibility and electrical conductivity were obtained. The local ordering in composites resembles both biochar and polymer ordering. The similarity between biochar and carbon nanotubes’ (CNTs) XRD patterns may be observed. As biochar is highly cost-effective, the proposed composites could become a valid substitute for CNT composites in various applications.
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spelling pubmed-84695352021-09-27 Innovative Biochar-Based Composite Fibres from Recycled Material Lepak-Kuc, Sandra Kiciński, Mateusz Michalski, Przemyslaw P. Pavlov, Krystian Giorcelli, Mauro Bartoli, Mattia Jakubowska, Malgorzata Materials (Basel) Article Carbon materials are becoming crucial in several industrial sectors. The drawbacks of these materials include their high cost and oil-based essence. In recent years, recycled materials have become possible alternative sources of carbon with several advantages. Firstly, the production of this alternative source of carbon may help to reduce biomass disposal, and secondly, it contributes to CO(2) sequestration. The use of carbon derived from recycled materials by a pyrolysis treatment is called biochar. Here, we present composite materials based on different biochar filler contents dispersed in several thermoplastic polymer matrixes. Electrical conductivity and tensile break strength were investigated together with the material characterisation by DTA/TGA, XRD, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) imaging. Materials with good flexibility and electrical conductivity were obtained. The local ordering in composites resembles both biochar and polymer ordering. The similarity between biochar and carbon nanotubes’ (CNTs) XRD patterns may be observed. As biochar is highly cost-effective, the proposed composites could become a valid substitute for CNT composites in various applications. MDPI 2021-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8469535/ /pubmed/34576524 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185304 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Giorcelli, Mauro
Bartoli, Mattia
Jakubowska, Malgorzata
Innovative Biochar-Based Composite Fibres from Recycled Material
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8469535/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34576524
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ma14185304
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