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Glutaraldehyde-assisted crosslinking in regenerated cellulose films toward high dielectric and mechanical properties

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Developing the green dielectric materials satisfies the requirement of the sustainable development of society and economics. In this work, glutaraldehyde (GA)-assisted crosslinking strategy was developed to prepare the crosslinked regenerated cellulose (CRC) films, and the effects of different crosslinking methods, including crosslinking steps, concentration of GA solution and crosslinking time, on dielectric and mechanical properties of the CRC films were systematically investigated. Microstructure and morphology characterizations show that compared with the common RC films, the CRC films show apparently reduced defects and enhanced intermolecular interaction. At GA concentration of 6 vol% and crosslinking time of 30 min, the CRC film shows the lowest dielectric loss (0.03 at 1000 Hz, 92.3% smaller than RC film) and the highest breakdown strength (336.55 MV m−1, 364.3% higher than RC film), and simultaneously, the film shows the high tensile strength of 76.8 MPa and excellent tensile modulus of 6.08 GPa, about 240.9% and 104% higher than those of the RC film, respectively. This work provides new insight in tailoring the dielectric and mechanical properties of the cellulose films through constructing the crosslinking structure, which is of great significance for the fabrication of the high-performance cellulose-based dielectric materials.

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SEM characterizations were supported by the Analytical and Testing Center of Southwest Jiaotong University. Thanks to Mr. Zhen-jie Lu (Southwest Jiaotong University) for the help with our AFM tests.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51673159), the Youth Science and Technology Innovation Team of Sichuan Province of Functional Polymer Composites (2021JDTD0009) and the Sichuan Science and Technology Program (2020YFG0099).

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MG: Conceptualization, Methodology, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. XX: Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization. TH: Investigation, Discussion. NZ Investigation, Discussion, Funding acquisition, Writing—review & editing. YW: Conceptualization, Investigation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing—review & editing.

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Gao, Mh., Xie, X., Huang, T. et al. Glutaraldehyde-assisted crosslinking in regenerated cellulose films toward high dielectric and mechanical properties. Cellulose 29, 8177–8194 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-022-04785-2

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