PMID- 32531606
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200818
LR  - 20200818
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 738
DP  - 2020 Oct 10
TI  - Production of high-density polyethylene biocomposites from rice husk biochar: 
      Effects of varying pyrolysis temperature.
PG  - 139910
LID - S0048-9697(20)33430-6 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139910 [doi]
AB  - The novelty of this study is to explore the effect of temperature varied biochar 
      on the properties of biochar/polymers composites. Rice husk biochar (RB) samples 
      were prepared at different pyrolysis temperatures and injection molding was used 
      to prepare RB/high-density polyethylene (HDPE) composites. Additionally, ultimate 
      analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy 
      (FTIR), scanning electron microscope (SEM), pore structure characteristics, 
      differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), 
      tensile properties, and dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) were used to 
      characterize these RB and RB/HDPE composites samples. The results validated that 
      RB obtained at 600  degrees C showed the highest carbon content, the most complete pore 
      structure, and the largest specific surface area. Moreover, the thermal studies 
      revealed that the addition of RB improved the thermal stability of HDPE. The best 
      tensile strength (26.25 MPa) and Young's modulus (1.87 GPa) were obtained in 
      500  degrees C RB/HDPE composites and 600  degrees C RB/HDPE composites due to their good 
      physical/mechanical interlocking structures shown in SEM. DMA revealed that the 
      stiffness, elasticity, creep resistance and stress relaxation of the composites 
      were improved by the addition of RB. The utilization of temperature varied 
      biochars in biocomposites is important to manage wastes and optimize the 
      properties of biocomposites in terms of reducing production cost and ensuring 
      environmental safety.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Zhang, Qingfa
AU  - Zhang Q
AD  - School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong Research Center of 
      Engineering & Technology for Clean Energy, Shandong University of Technology, 
      Zibo 255000, China; Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington 
      State University, Richland, WA 99354, USA.
FAU - Zhang, Donghong
AU  - Zhang D
AD  - School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong Research Center of 
      Engineering & Technology for Clean Energy, Shandong University of Technology, 
      Zibo 255000, China.
FAU - Lu, Wenyu
AU  - Lu W
AD  - School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong Research Center of 
      Engineering & Technology for Clean Energy, Shandong University of Technology, 
      Zibo 255000, China.
FAU - Khan, Muhammad Usman
AU  - Khan MU
AD  - Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, 
      Richland, WA 99354, USA.
FAU - Xu, Hang
AU  - Xu H
AD  - School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong Research Center of 
      Engineering & Technology for Clean Energy, Shandong University of Technology, 
      Zibo 255000, China.
FAU - Yi, Weiming
AU  - Yi W
AD  - School of Agricultural Engineering and Food Science, Shandong Research Center of 
      Engineering & Technology for Clean Energy, Shandong University of Technology, 
      Zibo 255000, China. Electronic address: yiweiming@sdut.edu.cn.
FAU - Lei, Hanwu
AU  - Lei H
AD  - Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, 
      Richland, WA 99354, USA. Electronic address: hlei@wsu.edu.
FAU - Huo, Erguang
AU  - Huo E
AD  - Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, 
      Richland, WA 99354, USA.
FAU - Qian, Moriko
AU  - Qian M
AD  - Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, 
      Richland, WA 99354, USA.
FAU - Zhao, Yunfeng
AU  - Zhao Y
AD  - Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, 
      Richland, WA 99354, USA.
FAU - Zou, Rongge
AU  - Zou R
AD  - Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Washington State University, 
      Richland, WA 99354, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200603
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
RN  - 0 (biochar)
RN  - 16291-96-6 (Charcoal)
RN  - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene)
SB  - IM
MH  - Charcoal
MH  - *Oryza
MH  - Polyethylene
MH  - *Pyrolysis
MH  - Temperature
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Biocomposites
OT  - Formulation optimization
OT  - Properties regulation
OT  - Temperature varied biochars
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2020/06/13 06:00
MHDA- 2020/08/19 06:00
CRDT- 2020/06/13 06:00
PHST- 2020/01/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/05/25 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/06/01 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/06/13 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/08/19 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/06/13 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(20)33430-6 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139910 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2020 Oct 10;738:139910. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139910. 
      Epub 2020 Jun 3.