Effect of teak wood lignocellulose pretreatment on the performance of cellulose-graft-(net-poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid)) for water absorption and dye removal

• Published in: International journal of biological macromolecules Vol. 274; no. Pt 2; p. 133482
• Main Authors: Vega-Hernández, Miguel Ángel, Munguía-Quintero, María Fernanda, Rosas-Aburto, Alberto, Alcaraz-Cienfuegos, Jorge, Valdivia-López, María de los Ángeles, Hernández-Luna, Martín G., Vivaldo-Lima, Eduardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01-08-2024
• Subjects: Absorbent materials; Acrylamides - chemistry; Acrylic Resins - chemistry; Biomass pretreatment; Cellulose - chemistry; Chemically modified cellulose; Coloring Agents - chemistry; Lignin - chemistry; Methylene Blue - chemistry; Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; Water - chemistry; Water Pollutants, Chemical - chemistry; Water Purification - methods; Wood - chemistry; X-Ray Diffraction; Chemically modified cellulose; Biomass pretreatment; Absorbent materials
• ISSN: 0141-8130; 1879-0003; 1879-0003
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.133482

Cellulose modified hydrogels can be produced directly from raw biopolymers in novel cellulose solvents such as NaOH/urea aqueous solution. The effect of cellulose characteristics on the synthesis of a cellulose-graft-(net-poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid)) and its performance as water absorbent/methylene blue dye removal material is analyzed. Three cellulose samples, one analytical grade and two obtained from teak wood sawdust with different pretreatments (one alkaline and the other, a novel one known as (gas phase) acid pretreatment) were compared. The starting raw celluloses were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and viscosity in cupri ethylenediamine hydroxide (CED) solution, whereas the chemically modified materials were characterized by SEM, FTIR, and TGA. The pretreatment used influences composition, crystallinity index and degree of polymerization (DP) of the cellulose obtained. The modified material produced with cellulose from alkaline pretreatment showed the highest swelling ratio in water absorption tests at room temperature (12,714 %); in contrast, the one with cellulose from acid pretreatment showed the lowest swelling ratio (7,470 %). However, this difference is not so significative in dye removal tests, where absorption capacity is 139 and 140 mg/g, respectively. The results indicate that cellulose composition, particularly structures with significant hemicellulose and lignin remaining content, has a major effect on the performance of modified materials for water absorption, and degree of polymerization has a major effect on adsorption capacity of methylene blue.
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•Cellulose from a new pretreatment process chemically modified to give a hydrogel•The lignocellulosic raw material is a Mexican teak wood not used before.•The hydrogel material is a cellulose-graft-(net-poly(acrylamide-co-acrylic acid)).•Very good performance for water absorption and dye removal was obtained.