期刊
POLYMERS
卷 14, 期 15, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/polym14153075
关键词
biocomposites; biochar particles; circular economy; radical scavenging activity; photo-oxidation resistance
资金
- Italian Programma Operativo Nazionale (PON) [ARS01_00985]
- MIUR-Italy (Ministry of Education, University and Research of Italy) [CLEAN-PRIN-20174FSRZS_002]
In this study, agricultural waste was recovered and converted into biofuel through a pyrolysis process, and the solid residual fraction was used as a filler for biocomposite production. The properties of the filler were characterized, and the performance of the biocomposites was evaluated using various analysis methods.
In the context of sustainable and circular economy, the recovery of biowaste for sustainable biocomposites formulation is a challenging issue. The aim of this work is to give a new life to agricultural carob waste after glucose extraction carried out by a local factory for carob candy production. A pyrolysis process was carried out on bio-waste to produce biofuel and, later, the solid residual fraction of pyrolysis process was used as interesting filler for biocomposites production. In this work, biochar particles (BC) as a pyrolysis product, after fuels recovery of organic biowaste, specifically, pyrolyzed carobs after glucose extraction, were added on poly(butylene-adipate-co-terephthalate), (PBAT), at two different concentrations, i.e., 10 and 20 wt%. The BC have been produced using three pyrolysis processing temperatures (i.e., 280, 340 and 400 degrees C) to optimize the compositions of produced solid fractions and biofuels. The resulting particles from the pyrolysis process (BC280, BC340 and BC400) were considered as suitable fillers for PBAT. Firstly, the BC particles properties were characterized by elemental composition and spectroscopy analysis, particle size measurements and evaluation of radical scavenging activity and efficiency. Moreover, PBAT/BC composites were subjected to analysis of their rheological and thermal behavior, morphologies and mechanical properties. In addition, accelerated weathering, monitored by both tensile test and spectroscopic analysis, was carried out, and obtained results show that the biochar particles can exert a beneficial effect on photo-oxidation delay of PBAT matrix.
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