Screening of deep eutectic solvent mixtures for treating empty fruit bunches to obtain cellulose nanofiber

Jafri, Nur Huda Syazwani and Jimat, Dzun Noraini and Wan Nawawi, Wan Mohd Fazli and Ahmad Nor, Yusilawati and Amid, Azura (2023) Screening of deep eutectic solvent mixtures for treating empty fruit bunches to obtain cellulose nanofiber. Materials Today: Proceeding. E-ISSN 2214-7853

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Abstract

Cellulose nanofibers (CNFs) are attractive reinforcing materials for advanced nanocomposites due to their uniqueness characteristics. The study aims to extract CNFs from empty fruit bunches (EFB) using different deep eutectic solvent (DES) mixtures to determine which DES mixture produces the highest CNFs yield. Various DES mixtures, e.g. (i) choline chloride-oxalic acid dehydrates (ChCl-OAD); (ii) choline chloride-malic acid (ChCl-MA); (iii) choline chloride-citric acid (ChCl-CA); and (iv) choline chloride-acetic acid (ChCl-AA) was used as extraction solvent for CNFs. ChCl-OAD is the most effective DES mixture, producing the highest CNFs at 45.6%. The produced CNFs were nanosized, with an average diameter of 27.8 nm and degree of crystallinity of 66.7%. This research may act as foundation for the large-scale, high-yield production of nanocellulose using DES.

Item Type:	Article (Journal)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Cellulose Nanofibers; Deep Eutectic Solvent; Ultrasonication, Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunches
Subjects:	T Technology > TP Chemical technology T Technology > TP Chemical technology > TP200 Manufacture and use of chemicals
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	International Institute for Halal Research and Training (INHART) Kulliyyah of Engineering Kulliyyah of Engineering > Department of Biotechnology Engineering
Depositing User:	Dr Dzun Noraini Jimat
Date Deposited:	02 Jun 2023 11:13
Last Modified:	20 May 2024 15:23
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/104858

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