Thermochemical degradation of cotton fabric under mild conditionsThermochemical degradation of cotton fabric under mild conditions
- Authors
- Cuiffo, M.; Jung, H.J.; Skocir, A.; Schiros, T.; Evans, E.; Orlando, E.; Lin, Y.-C.; Fang, Y.; Rafailovich, M.; Kim, T.; Halada, G.
- Issue Date
- Aug-2021
- Publisher
- Springer
- Keywords
- Citric acid; Cotton fabric degradation; Electron microscopy; Streaming potential; Surface charge transfer; Vibrational spectroscopy; X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
- Citation
- Fashion and Textiles, v.8, no.1, pp 1 - 14
- Pages
- 14
- Journal Title
- Fashion and Textiles
- Volume
- 8
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 1
- End Page
- 14
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/62264
- DOI
- 10.1186/s40691-021-00263-8
- ISSN
- 2198-0802
2198-0802
- Abstract
- Textile waste presents a major burden on the environment, contributing to climate change and chemical pollution as toxic dyes and finishing chemicals enter the environment through landfill leachate. Moreover, the majority of textile waste reaching landfills is discarded clothing, which could be reused or recycled. Here we investigate environmentally benign morphology changing of cotton textiles as a precursor for reintegration into a circular materials economy. At 50 °C using low concentrations of acids and bases, the interfiber structures of woven cotton were successfully degraded when treated with the following sequence of chemical treatment: citric acid, urea, sodium hydroxide, ammonium hydroxide, and sodium nitrate. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) reveal separation of the constituent fibers without depolymerization of the cellulose structure, and streaming potential measurements indicate that surface charge effects play a key role in facilitating degradation. The proposed reaction procedures show feasibility of effective waste-fabric recycling processes without chemically intensive processes, in which staple fibers are recovered and can be re-spun into new textiles. © 2021, The Author(s).
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