Acidic deep eutectic solvent assisted isolation of lignin containing nanocellulose from thermomechanical pulp
2020
Jiang, Jungang | Carrillo-Enríquez, Nancy C. | Oguzlu, Hale | Han, Xushen | Bi, Ran | Saddler, Jack N. | Sun, Runcang | Jiang, Feng
Nanocellulose is a promising material but its isolation generally requires unrecyclable hazardous chemicals and high energy consumption and its overall yield is low due to the use of high purity cellulose as precursor. In order to overcome these shortcomings, in this study, thermomechanical pulp (TMP) was investigated as a precursor for isolating lignin containing nanocellulose (LNC) using an environmentally friendly acidic deep eutectic solvent (DES) pre-treatment. Flat “ribbon” like LNCs (around 7.1 nm wide, 3.7 nm thick) with uniformly distributed lignin nanoparticles of 20−50 nm in diameter were successfully obtained at 57 % yield under optimum pre-treatment conditions (90 °C, 6 h, 1:1 oxalic acid dihydrate to choline chloride ratio). The LNCs exhibit cellulose Iβ structure, high lignin content (32.6 %), and high thermal stability (Tₘₐₓ of 358 °C). In general, green acidic DES pre-treatment has shown high efficiency in converting high lignin content biomass into value-added LNC, which benefits both lignocellulose utilization and environmental protection.
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