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Development of a phosphorous-based biorefinery process for producing lignocellulosic functional materials from coconut wastes

Autores: Lucas de Sousa Nascimento, Rogério J. Melo Nascimento, Allann Karlos Alves da Mata, Vinícius Taveira Andrade Felipe, Rayanne Ferreira Araújo, Luiz Carlos Alves Bezerra, Jéssica Silva Almeida, Adriano Lincoln Albuquerque Mattos, Daniel Esdras Andrade Uchoa, Leice Milla Ribeiro de Novais, Caroline Da Ros Montes D’Oca, Francisco Avelino.

Abstract

This work aimed to develop a phosphorous-based biorefinery process for obtaining phosphorylated lignocellulosic fractions in a one-pot protocol from coconut fiber. Natural coconut fiber (NCF) was mixed with 85 % m/m H3PO4 at 70 °C for 1 h to yield the modified coconut fiber (MCF), aqueous phase (AP), and coconut fiber lignin (CFL). MCF was characterized by its TAPPI, FTIR, SEM, EDX, TGA, WCA, and P content. AP was characterized regarding its pH, conductivity, glucose, furfural, HMF, total sugars and ASL contents. CFL structure was evaluated by FTIR, 1H, 31P and 1H-13C HSQC NMR, TGA and P content and was compared to that of milled wood lignin (MWL). It was observed that MCF and CFL were phosphorylated during the pulping (0.54 and 0.23 % wt., respectively), while AP has shown high sugar levels, low inhibitor content, and some remaining phosphorous. The phosphorylation of MCF and CFL also showed an enhancement of their thermal and thermo-oxidative properties. The results show that a platform of functional materials such as biosorbents, biofuels, flame retardants, and biocomposites can be created through an eco-friendly, simple, fast, and novel biorefinery process.

De Sousa Nascimento, Lucas ; Melo Nascimento, Rogério J. ; Da Mata, Allann Karlos Alves ; Felipe, Vinícius Taveira Andrade ; Araújo, Rayanne Ferreira ; Bezerra, Luiz Carlos Alves ; Almeida, Jéssica Silva ; Mattos, Adriano Lincoln Albuquerque ; Uchoa, Daniel Esdras Andrade ; De Novais, Leice Milla Ribeiro ; D’Oca, Caroline Da Ros Montes ; Avelino, Francisco . Development of a phosphorous-based biorefinery process for producing lignocellulosic functional materials from coconut wastes. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES, v. 239, p. 124300, 2023. 

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