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Preparation and Characterization of Lignocellulose Aerogel in Ionic Liquid

  • LU Yun ,
  • QIU Jian ,
  • SUN Qingfeng ,
  • LI Jian
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  • 1. Material Science and Engineering College, Northeast Forestry University, Harbin 150040, China;
    2. Yunnan Key Laboratory of Wood Adhesives and Glue Products, College of Materials Engineering, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, China

Received date: 2013-12-16

  Revised date: 2014-01-20

  Online published: 2014-04-09

Abstract

To prepare a novel wood-based material, wood powder without any pre-treatment was dissolved in ionic liquid. With a circulated freezing-thawing procedure and critical point drying method, lignocellulose aerogel was successfully prepared. Morphological features and crystalline characteristics of the as-prepared material were characterized by field emission electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscope, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The results showed that the prepared lignocellulose aerogel possesses a three-dimensional structure of open fibrillar network and other novel nanostructure cellulose materials. The structure of the aerogels can be tuned from nanofibrillar to sheet-like skeletons with hierarchical micro- and nanoscale morphology by modifying the freezethaw cycles. The crystallinity first increased and then decreased along with increase of the freezing-thawing times. The formation mechanism of the lignocellulose aerogel was also discussed in this paper.

Cite this article

LU Yun , QIU Jian , SUN Qingfeng , LI Jian . Preparation and Characterization of Lignocellulose Aerogel in Ionic Liquid[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2014 , 32(4-5) : 29 -33 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2014.h1.003

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