Formation of cellulose acetate-graphene oxide nanocomposites by supercritical CO2 assisted phase inversion

Cellulose acetate (CA)/graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite membranes were generated by an assisted phase inversion process, based on the use of SC–CO2 as nonsolvent, operating at 200 bar and 40 °C; loadings of GO up to 9% w/w were tested. The structures maintained the cellular morphology, characterist...

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Autores: Baldino, Lucia, Sarno, Maria, Cardea, Stefano, Irusta, Silvia, Ciambelli, Paolo, Santamaría, Jesús, Reverchón, Ernesto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/367494
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/367494
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Graphene oxide
Cellulose acetate
Nanocomposite
Supercritical CO2
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Sumario:Cellulose acetate (CA)/graphene oxide (GO) nanocomposite membranes were generated by an assisted phase inversion process, based on the use of SC–CO2 as nonsolvent, operating at 200 bar and 40 °C; loadings of GO up to 9% w/w were tested. The structures maintained the cellular morphology, characteristics of CA membranes, also at the highest GO loadings used, with a porosity of about 80%, but the presence of GO influenced the pore sizes, that ranged between about 9 and 16 μm. The starting GO and the nanocomposite structures were characterized by the combination of various techniques that evidence as sulfur and chlorinated impurities, that were present in the starting GO material, were completely eliminated by the interaction with SC–CO2 during structures formation; moreover, a partial reduction of GO to graphene was also observed.