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A strategy to synthesize graphene-incorporated lignin polymer composite materials with uniform graphene dispersion and covalently bonded interface engineering

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Graphene-incorporated polymer composites have been demonstrated to have excellent mechanical and electrical properties. In the field of graphene-incorporated composite material synthesis, there are two main obstacles: Non-uniform dispersion of graphene filler in the matrix and weak interface bonding between the graphene filler and polymer matrix. To overcome these problems, we develop an in-situ polymerization strategy to synthesize uniformly dispersed and covalently bonded graphene/lignin composites. Graphene oxide (GO) was chemically modified by 4,4'-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) to introduce isocyanate groups and form the urethane bonds with lignin macromonomers. Subsequential polycondensation reactions of lignin groups with caprolactone and sebacoyl chloride bring about a covalent network of modified GO and lignin-based polymers. The flexible and robust lignin polycaprolactone polycondensate/modified GO (Lig-GOm) composite membranes are achieved after vacuum filtration, which have tunable hydrophilicity and electrical resistance according to the contents of GOm. This research transforms lignin from an abundant biomass into film-state composite materials, paving a new way for the utilization of biomass wastes.

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  1. Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea

    Mei Wang, Yan Sun, Ye Chan Kim, Jonghwan Suhr & Jae-Do Nam

  2. Department of Electrochemistry and Corrosion Protection, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, 10000, Vietnam

    Le Dai Duong

  3. State Key Laboratory of Quantum Optics and Quantum Optics Devices, Institute of Laser Spectroscopy, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030006, People’s Republic of China

    Yifei Ma

  4. Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, 030006, People’s Republic of China

    Yifei Ma

  5. Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Republic of Korea

    Sung Yong Hong, Jonghwan Suhr & Jae-Do Nam

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Wang, M., Duong, L.D., Ma, Y. et al. A strategy to synthesize graphene-incorporated lignin polymer composite materials with uniform graphene dispersion and covalently bonded interface engineering. Korea-Aust. Rheol. J. 29, 207–213 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13367-017-0021-3

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