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Cobalt nanoparticles embedded into polydimethylsiloxane-grafted cocoa shell: functional agrowaste for CO2 capture

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This paper presents for the first time surface functionalization of cocoa shells (CS) through the covalent grafting of 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (APTES) followed by the substitution of poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) and in situ generation/insertion of cobalt nanoparticles (Co-NP). The immobilization and stability of APTES–PDMS on cocoa shell were confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. Morphological analyses by scanning electron microscopy demonstrated that Co-NPs successfully grew on the surface of CS–APTES–PDMS. The CO2-adsorption capacity of these new materials was examined at ambient conditions. Both CS–APTES–PDMS and CS–APTES–PDMS–Co showed increased CO2 adsorption capacities as compared to unmodified cocoa shell. This enhancement was explained by the synergetic behavior of the silane derivate, PDMS grafting, and Co-NP incorporation for CO2 adsorption. This work represents a new step toward using cocoa shell as an excellent low-cost candidate for a variety of environmental applications such as CO2 storage at ambient temperature.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Mr Antoine Fontaine for his help to improve the quality of some figures. This work was partially supported by the INSA Rouen, Rouen University, the CNRS, Labex SynOrg (ANR-11-LABX-0029), the European Battuta Program, the Normandy region (CBS network), the European Union (FEDER) and the Evreux Portes de Normandie Agglomeration.

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  1. Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, INSA Rouen, CNRS, COBRA (UMR 6014), 55, rue saint germain, 27000, Evreux, France

    Julien Vieillard, Nabil Bouazizi, Flavia Fioresi, Radhouane Bargougui, Nadine Mofaddel & Franck Le Derf

  2. Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, Université de Montpellier, ENSCM, CNRS, Montpellier, France

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  3. Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie des Matériaux Minéraux, Département de Chimie Inorganique, Faculté des Sciences, Université de Yaoundé I, B.P. 812, Yaounde, Cameroon

    Patrick Nkuigue Fotsing & Emmanuel Djoufac Woumfo

  4. Normandie Université, UNIROUEN, CNRS, PBS, UMR 6270, 1 rue du 7 ème chasseur, 27000, Evreux, France

    Olivier Thoumire & Hassan Atmani

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Vieillard, J., Bouazizi, N., Fioresi, F. et al. Cobalt nanoparticles embedded into polydimethylsiloxane-grafted cocoa shell: functional agrowaste for CO2 capture. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 30, 3942–3951 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-00679-5

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