PMID- 35367472 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220510 LR - 20220510 IS - 1879-0003 (Electronic) IS - 0141-8130 (Linking) VI - 208 DP - 2022 May 31 TI - Fabrication of lignin-containing cellulose bio-composite based on unbleached corncob and wheat straw pulp. PG - 741-747 LID - S0141-8130(22)00662-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.192 [doi] AB - In contemporary life, plastic, a kind of petroleum carbon source, has been produced and used in varieties of applications. However, the vast consumption of petroleum-based plastic and the burning of agricultural wastes make the environmental problems increasingly severe. Furthermore, a large number of lignocellulosic resources (such as corncob and wheat straw) are often wasted and burned, which will aggravate the environmental damage. In this paper, we use unbleached corncob and wheat straw pulp to fabricate the lignin-containing cellulose bio-composites (LCBs) to reduce non-renewable energy consumption and utilize agricultural wastes. The LCBs were obtained by a direct manufacturing process in benzyltrimethyl ammonium hydroxide (BzMe(3)NOH) aqueous solution under mild conditions, constituting an entwined composite structure of cellulose micro/nano-fibers. This unique micro/nano-structure provides bio-composites with the outstanding mechanical performance of 96.7 MPa and a high haze of 90.1%. Meanwhile, with the inherent lignin, the LCBs could filter over 81.8% UV-C. As the raw material used is pure natural lignocellulose, the bio-composites prepared have innate environmental friendliness. With exceptional mechanical strength, UV-shielding property, and innate environmental friendliness, the LCBs are possible and potential substitutes for traditional petroleum-based plastic that is easily aging or non-biodegradable. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Yu, Shixu AU - Yu S AD - Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, New Materials and Green Manufacturing Talent Introduction and Innovation Demonstration Base, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China. FAU - Gan, Meixue AU - Gan M AD - Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, New Materials and Green Manufacturing Talent Introduction and Innovation Demonstration Base, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China. FAU - Chen, Yiruo AU - Chen Y AD - Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, New Materials and Green Manufacturing Talent Introduction and Innovation Demonstration Base, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China. FAU - Hu, Zhipeng AU - Hu Z AD - Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, New Materials and Green Manufacturing Talent Introduction and Innovation Demonstration Base, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China. FAU - Xie, Yimin AU - Xie Y AD - Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, New Materials and Green Manufacturing Talent Introduction and Innovation Demonstration Base, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China. FAU - Feng, Qinghua AU - Feng Q AD - Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Green Materials for Light Industry, New Materials and Green Manufacturing Talent Introduction and Innovation Demonstration Base, Hubei University of Technology, Wuhan 430068, China; Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China. Electronic address: fqhpaper@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20220331 PL - Netherlands TA - Int J Biol Macromol JT - International journal of biological macromolecules JID - 7909578 RN - 0 (Petroleum) RN - 0 (Plastics) RN - 9004-34-6 (Cellulose) RN - 9005-53-2 (Lignin) SB - IM MH - Cellulose/chemistry MH - *Lignin/chemistry MH - *Petroleum MH - Plastics MH - Triticum/chemistry MH - Zea mays OTO - NOTNLM OT - Agricultural wastes OT - Bio-composite OT - Lignocellulose OT - Micro/nano-structure OT - UV-shielding EDAT- 2022/04/04 06:00 MHDA- 2022/05/11 06:00 CRDT- 2022/04/03 20:25 PHST- 2022/01/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/03/24 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/03/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/04/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/05/11 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/04/03 20:25 [entrez] AID - S0141-8130(22)00662-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.192 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Biol Macromol. 2022 May 31;208:741-747. doi: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.03.192. Epub 2022 Mar 31.