Effectiveness of Surface Treatment on Bonding Performance of Starch-Based Aqueous Polymer Isocyanate Wood Adhesive

The surface of a bonding material plays a key role in the bonding performance of an adhesive. Herein, we evaluated the effect of substrate surface treatment methods (sandpaper polished, chemical oxidation, and coupling agent) on the adhesive properties of starch-based aqueous polymer isocyanate (API) wood adhesive during hygrothermal aging. The birch substrate was processed with three different surface treatments, and the change of surface was analyzed by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) methods. The results showed that the surface treatment had a great influence on the change of the shear strength of glued wood under hygrothermal conditions, and the silane coupling agent treatment could effectively reduce the decrease in the compressive shear strength of the adhesive. An XPS analysis indicated that the chemical oxidation modified wood surface polarity, and the coupling agent treatment in the wood surface formed a transition layer. After hygrothermal aging treatment, due to the different surface treatment of adhesive joint surface binding energy, the internal water absorption rate of starch-based API adhesives exhibited different failure modes of the adhesive joint. These findings indicate that the surface treatment effectively improved the durability of the adhesive joints

Oxidative Depolymerization of Cellulolytic Enzyme Lignin over Silicotungvanadium Polyoxometalates

The aim of this study was to explore the catalytic performance of the oxidative depolymerization of enzymatic hydrolysis lignin from cellulosic ethanol fermentation residue by different vanadium substituted Keggin-type polyoxometalates (K5[SiVW11O40], K6[SiV2W10O40], and K6H[SiV3W9O40]). Depolymerized products were analyzed by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), gas chromatography–mass spectrometer (GC/MS), and two-dimensional heteronuclear single quantum coherence nuclear magnetic resonance (2D HSQC NMR) analysis. All catalysts showed an effective catalytic activity. The best result, concerning the lignin conversion and lignin oil production, was obtained by K6[SiV2W10O40], and the highest yield of oxidative depolymerization products of 53 wt % was achieved and the main products were monomer aromatic compounds. The HSQC demonstrated that the catalysts were very effective in breaking the β-O-4 structure, the dominant linkage in lignin, and the GPC analysis demonstrated that the molecular of lignin was declined significantly. These results demonstrate the vanadium substituted silicotungstic polyoxometalates were of highly active and stable catalysts for lignin conversion, and this strategy has the potential to be applicable for production of value-added chemicals from biorefinery lignin

Damage Mode and Failure Mechanism of Starch-based Aqueous Polymer Isocyanate Plywood Bonded Structure

Aging means that a polymer material’s performance gradually deteriorates, with the loss of use value due to the comprehensive effect of internal and external factors. In this work, a starch-based aqueous polymer isocyanate (API) adhesive joint structure of crosslinking in bonding interface was investigated. The compression shear strength was recognized as a key evaluation index, and the hygrothermal aging experiment tests were accelerated to study the damage mode and failure mechanism of the glue joint structure. The results showed that the adhesive properties of fracture were ductile fracture, and with an increase of aging time, the damage mode of the bonding was transformed from a cohesion damage mode to a cohesion damage with interface damage mode. In the early stages of the aging tests, the effect of temperature on the compression shear strength was most important; however, with the increase of aging time, the effect of humidity became most important

Preparation and Characterization of All-Biomass Soy Protein Isolate-Based Films Enhanced by Epoxy Castor Oil Acid Sodium and Hydroxypropyl Cellulose

All-biomass soy protein-based films were prepared using soy protein isolate (SPI), glycerol, hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC) and epoxy castor oil acid sodium (ECOS). The effect of the incorporated HPC and ECOS on the properties of the SPI film was investigated. The experimental results showed that the tensile strength of the resultant films increased from 2.84 MPa (control) to 4.04 MPa and the elongation at break increased by 22.7% when the SPI was modified with 2% HPC and 10% ECOS. The increased tensile strength resulted from the reaction between the ECOS and SPI, which was confirmed by attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD). It was found that ECOS and HPC effectively improved the performance of SPI-based films, which can provide a new method for preparing environmentally-friendly polymer films for a number of commercial applications

Study on the Multicomponent Catalytic Liquefaction Technology of Corn Stalk Features

Using rich corn straw resources as raw materials, which come from the northeast China. It is liquefied by multicomponent compound solvent, testing the reaction time, reaction temperature and the dosage of the catalyst. These process conditions are inspected for the liquefaction of the corn stalk and the chemical test and instrumental analysis used for the liquefied products. Finally the best process conditions have been obtained. The result shows that the liquefied product contains phenols, aldehydes, the double bond containing compound and carboxylic acids. These substances can be converted into the corresponding ethers and other high molecular compound, which can be applied to produce biodegradable materials and chemicals product in the industries of plastic, construction, insulation and so on. Crop straws could be converted into industrial raw material by catalyzed liquefaction. These industrial raw materials will replace the fossil resources which have dried up and product polymer materials which are good for the environment. Alternative petrochemical from the liquefaction product will reduce the pollution of the agricultural waste straw on tone environment as well as the consumption of the fossil resources. Given the biological degradation, there is a deep significance on the environment and sustainable development. At the same time, the liquefaction of corn stalk can reduce the dependence on fossil fuels and makeup the economy with single energy products. The market potential is tremendous and strategic importance is obvious

A Review of Composite Phase Change Materials Based on Biomass Materials

Phase change materials (PCMs) can store/release heat from/to the external environment through their own phase change, which can reduce the imbalance between energy supply and demand and improve the effective utilization of energy. Biomass materials are abundant in reserves, from a wide range of sources, and most of them have a natural pore structure, which is a good carrier of phase change materials. Biomass-based composite phase change materials and their derived ones are superior to traditional phase change materials due to their ability to overcome the leakage of phase change materials during solid–liquid change. This paper reviews the basic properties, phase change characteristics, and binding methods of several phase change materials (polyethylene glycols, paraffins, and fatty acids) that are commonly compounded with biomass materials. On this basis, it summarizes the preparation methods of biomass-based composite phase change materials, including porous adsorption, microencapsulation based on biomass shell, and grafting by copolymerization and also analyzes the characteristics of each method. Finally, the paper introduces the latest research progress of multifunctional biomass-based composite phase change materials capable of energy storage and outlines the challenges and future research and development priorities in this field