Structural and Morphological Analysis of Cellulose Pulp Produced from the Fractionation of Eucalyptus obliqua Sawdust Using γ‑Valerolactone

Organic solvents offer promising methods for the fractionation of Eucalyptus obliqua lignocellulosic biomass. This study investigated the impact of γ-valerolactone (GVL) fractionation on the morphology of cellulose and its internal structure using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), nuclear magnetic...

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Veröffentlicht in:ACS omega 2021-02, Vol.6 (6), p.4126-4136
Hauptverfasser: Trevorah, Raymond M, Huynh, Tien, Brkljača, Robert, Othman, Maazuza Z
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Organic solvents offer promising methods for the fractionation of Eucalyptus obliqua lignocellulosic biomass. This study investigated the impact of γ-valerolactone (GVL) fractionation on the morphology of cellulose and its internal structure using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy. The solubilized lignin precipitated on the macrofibril surface as lignin spheres. GVL fractionation significantly increased the crystallinity of the recovered pulps from 0.29 for the sawdust to an average of 0.53 and a maximum of 0.66. The main states of cellulose that were susceptible to hydrolysis during the fractionation were amorphous and surface cellulose, both of which were reduced significantly, while paracrystalline and pure crystalline fractions in the pulp increased. It was concluded that GVL fractionation can produce a crystalline cellulose pulp of high quality suitable for further processing.
ISSN:2470-1343
2470-1343
DOI:10.1021/acsomega.0c03616