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Transparent Cellulose-Based Films Prepared from Used Disposable Paper Cups via an Ionic Liquid
- Source :
- Polymers; Volume 13; Issue 23; Pages: 4209, Polymers, Polymers, Vol 13, Iss 4209, p 4209 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- MDPI AG, 2021.
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Abstract
- Paper cups are widely employed in daily life with many advantages, but most of the used paper cups are incinerated or landfilled, due to the great challenge of separating the thin inner polyethylene (PE) coating, causing the waste of energy and the pollution of our environment. Therefore, recycling and converting the used paper cups into high-value materials is meaningful and important. In this work, transparent cellulose-based films were successfully prepared from the used paper cups via 1-allyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ionic liquid after simple pretreatment. Additionally, the difference in properties and structures of cellulose-based films regenerated in different coagulation baths (water or ethanol) was also explored. It was found that the cellulose-based film possessed good thermal property and displayed better hydrophobicity than the traditional pure cellulose film. Moreover, they also demonstrated good mechanical property and the tensile strength of cellulose-based film regenerated in water can reach 31.5 Mpa, higher than those of cellulose-based film regenerated in ethanol (25.5 Mpa) and non-degradable polyethylene film (9–12 MPa), indicating their great potential as the packaging materials. Consequently, valorization of the low cost used paper cups and preparation of high-valve cellulose-based films were realized simultaneously by a facile and green process.
- Subjects :
- paper cups
recycling
cellulose
ionic liquid
cellulose-based films
Materials science
Polymers and Plastics
Organic chemistry
engineering.material
Chloride
Article
chemistry.chemical_compound
QD241-441
Coating
Ultimate tensile strength
medicine
Cellulose
Mechanical property
General Chemistry
Polyethylene
chemistry
Chemical engineering
Ionic liquid
engineering
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20734360
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Polymers
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f070e86ca38fafe884ef579e5741ed3b