Electrically Conductive and Antimicrobial Agro-Food Waste Biochar Functionalized with Zinc Oxide Particles

resumo

Carbonaceous materials derived from biomass have been used as sustainable platforms for the growth of ZnO particles aiming the production of functional composite fillers. Kidney-bean pods were pyrolyzed by applying an experimental design that demonstrates that the specific surface area (S-BET) of biochar is improved with increasing pyrolysis temperature combined with a short air-oxidation time. Meanwhile, the graphitization degree and the electrical conductivity (EC) of biochars were negatively affected by increasing the air-oxidation time. The biochar sample with the higher EC and the one with the higher S-BET were selected to be functionalized with ZnO particles by a solvothermal methodology, obtaining composites with an EC and S-BET properties superior to the ZnO-rGO composite, in addition to a similar antibacterial activity. The developed ZnO-biochar composite structures, which are more ecological and biocompatible than the ZnO composites derived from graphene sheets, can be applied as electrically conductive and active fillers.

palavras-chave

PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; AIR OXIDATION; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; ADSORPTION; WATER; NANOPARTICLES; EVOLUTION; GRASS; WOOD

categoria

Biochemistry & Molecular Biology; Chemistry

autores

Alves, Z; Ferreira, NM; Figueiredo, G; Mendo, S; Nunes, C; Ferreira, P

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agradecimentos

This work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials (UIDB/50011/2020, UIDP/50011/2020 & LA/P/0006/2020), CESAM (UIDP/50017/2020 + UIDB/50017/2020) and i3N (UIDB/50025/2020 & UIDP/50025/2020). ZA and PF thank FCT for the grants PD/BD/117457/2016 and IF/00300/2015, respectively. This work was also supported by BIOFOODPACK project (M-ERA.NET2/0019/2016) and by national funds (OE), through FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the scope of the framework contract foreseen in the numbers 4, 5 and 6 of the article 23, of the Decree-Law 57/2016, of 29 August, changed by Law 57/2017, of 19 July. The NMR spectrometers are part of the National NMR Network (PTNMR) and are partially supported by Infrastructure Project Nr. 022161 (co-financed by FEDER through COMPETE 2020, POCI and PORL and FCT through PIDDAC).

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