Application of green solvents as a replacement of toxic dimethylformamide in the polylactic acid electrospinning process

IF 8.6 2区工程技术 Q1 ENERGY & FUELS

Sustainable Materials and Technologies Pub Date : 2025-04-22 DOI:10.1016/j.susmat.2025.e01405

Lenka Lovecká, Miroslava Kovářová, Dominika Hanušová, Dušan Kimmer, Andrea Poláchová, Vladimír Sedlařík

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Abstract

Nanofibres based on polylactic acid (PLA) have a wide range of applications, including air filtration. They are prepared by electrospinning using toxic solvents as dimethylformamide. This study focused on the use of green solvents to prepare electrospinnable solutions. It was found that a combination of solvents is necessary. A nozzle electrospinning technique was applied to produce PLA nanofibres from optimised dual (ethyl or methyl lactate with acetone) or ternary (cyclopentanone, acetone and ethyl or methyl lactate) solvent system. The prepared nanofibres were evaluated for morphology and quality of nanofibres (SEM), surface wettability (contact angle), filtration properties (automated filter tester) and pore size and distribution (porometry). Potential changes in the chemical composition and the presence of residual solvent were investigated by FTIR, TGA and headspace analysis. It was found that green solvents can substitute dimethylformamide; especially combination of cyclopentanone/ethyl lactate/acetone provides air filtration properties comparable to dimethylformamide/acetone-based systems.

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Sustainable Materials and Technologies Energy-Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment

CiteScore

13.40

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4.20%

发文量

158

审稿时长

45 days

期刊介绍： Sustainable Materials and Technologies (SM&T), an international, cross-disciplinary, fully open access journal published by Elsevier, focuses on original full-length research articles and reviews. It covers applied or fundamental science of nano-, micro-, meso-, and macro-scale aspects of materials and technologies for sustainable development. SM&T gives special attention to contributions that bridge the knowledge gap between materials and system designs.