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Highly flame retardant zeolitic imidazole framework-8@cellulose composite aerogels as absorption materials for organic pollutants

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In the current study, Zeolitic Imidazole Framework-8 (ZIF-8) was in situ grown on the surface of cellulose fibers and the ZIF-8@cellulose composite aerogels were fabricated by a freeze-drying method. The flame-retardant, thermal and mechanical characteristics of the cellulose-based aerogels were investigated. SEM images indicated that ZIF-8 was evenly deposited on the surface of the cellulose fibers in the aerogel owing to formation of hydrogen bonding with cellulose molecules. The addition of ZIF-8 enhanced thermal stability and flame retardancy of the host cellulose aerogel. The peak of heat release rate of the ZIF-8@cellulose-3 composite aerogel exhibited a drastic decline from 128 W g−1 to 63 W g−1 and the total heat release from 25.9 kJ g−1 to 14.8 kJ g−1. In the UL-94 vertical burning test, the samples showed self-extinguishing behavior. Additionally, ZIF-8 induced a dramatic enhancement in the mechanical properties of the host cellulose. Specifically, the compressive stress of the ZIF-8@cellulose composite aerogel showed a significant increase from 0.45 to 34.80 MPa. Moreover, the ZIF-8@cellulose composite aerogel can selectively remove the organic pollutants from water and adsorb a wide range of liquid oils with considerable capacities. The current study presented a feasible approach to synthesis of strong and flame-retardant cellulose-based aerogels for waste water purification.

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We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21604081), Anhui Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. 1908085J20) and the CAS President’s International Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers (Grant No.: 2019PE0014).

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    Hafezeh Nabipour, **n Wang, Lei Song & Yuan Hu

  2. School of Energy Resources and Safety, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan, 232001, Anhui, People’s Republic of China

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Nabipour, H., Nie, S., Wang, X. et al. Highly flame retardant zeolitic imidazole framework-8@cellulose composite aerogels as absorption materials for organic pollutants. Cellulose 27, 2237–2251 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-019-02860-9

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