%J Materials Today: Proceedings
%L scholars13722
%O cited By 25; Conference of 4th International Conference on Green Chemical Engineering and Technology: Materials Science, GCET 2019 ; Conference Date: 1 October 2019 Through 2 October 2019; Conference Code:163592
%R 10.1016/j.matpr.2020.05.139
%D 2020
%X One of the major emerging disasters for aquatic life as well as humans, is an oil spill. Aerogels are a suitable alternative for the cleaning of the oil spill cause of their outstanding characteristics. In this study, a facile method was presented for the production of aerogels from cellulose/lignocellulose using ionic liquids. This method is sustainable as it employs greener materials. Aerogels were prepared using sol-gel reaction with ionic liquids following gelation, and freeze-drying for 24 h. In the initial work, 1-Ethyl-3- Methylimidazolium Acetate EmimAc and 1-Butyl-3-Methylimidazolium Chloride BmimCl were used. The resultant aerogels possess an interconnected porous structure depending upon the type of ionic liquid employed. The TGA and FESEM results suggest that aerogels using BmimCl possess better thermal stability and porous structure as compare to EmimAc. The removal efficiency of BmimCl was 84% which was 12% higher than EmimAc based aerogels. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
%K Cellulose; Chlorine compounds; Gelation; Ionic liquids; Oil spills; Porosity; Sol-gel process; Sol-gels, 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride; 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetates; Aquatic life; Cellulose aerogels; Facile method; Freeze drying; Green materials; Interconnected porous structure; Sol-Gel Reaction; Stability structures, Aerogels
%P 217-220
%I Elsevier Ltd
%A H.W. Khan
%A M. Moniruzzaman
%A M.M.E. Nasef
%A M.A.B. Khalil
%V 31
%T Ionic liquid assisted cellulose aerogels for cleaning an oil spill