Nanocellulose as a Green Material to Eradicate Environment and Renewable Energy Issues

Nanocellulose, pp. 287-322 (2021) No AccessChapter 9: Nanocellulose as a Green Material to Eradicate Environment and Renewable Energy IssuesMazhar Ul-Islam, Muhammad Wajid Ullah, Shaukat Khan, Sehrish Manan, Waleed Ahmad Khattak, Tahseen Kamal, Aref Ahmad Wazwaz and Ahmed Saadi AbrehemMazhar Ul-IslamDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman, Muhammad Wajid UllahDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China, Shaukat KhanMaterials Science Institute, PCFM Lab and GDHPRC Lab, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, PR China, Sehrish MananDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China, Waleed Ahmad KhattakHyperdrive Lubricants Limited, Certas Energy, UK, Tahseen KamalCenter of Excellence for Advanced Materials Research, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Aref Ahmad WazwazDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Oman and Ahmed Saadi AbrehemDepartment of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Dhofar University, Salalah, Sultanate of Omanhttps://doi.org/10.1142/9781786349477_0009Cited by:0 PreviousNext AboutSectionsPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsRecommend to Library ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail Abstract: The human environment is at high risk of contamination by the extensive use of non-degradable resources as well as exhaustion of naturally available resources. To combat the environmental and energy issues, recent developments in nanotechnology have open gateways for the sustainable development of eco-friendly, biodegradable, and renewable polymeric materials. Nanocellulose, possessing unique features such as fibrous structure, high mechanical strength, large surface area, low visual scattering, low-cost, renewability, non-toxicity, biocompatibility, and easy availability, serves as an ideal material for diverse environmental applications. In addition, its unique three-dimensional fibril arrangement allows the impregnation of variety of nanosize materials to enable the development of nanocomposites in the form of hydrogels, aerogels, and films, papers, or membranes. Such substrates serve as templates for inorganic nanoparticles and polymers, or a combination of both. Such unique features make nanocellulose-based materials more efficient, robust, stable, reliable, and environmentally-friendly, thus enabling it to find potential applications in the development of antimicrobial filters and devices for removal of heavy metals, in water treatment and wastewaters purification, in the development of pollutant sensors, as well as in potential applications in catalysis and renewable energy. This chapter provides a comprehensive picture of the recent developments in nanocellulose-based materials to address various issues associated with environment and renewable energy. Keywords: Nanocelluloseenvironmental issuesrenewable energynanocompositesbio-filtersbiodegradation FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails NanocelluloseMetrics History KeywordsNanocelluloseenvironmental issuesrenewable energynanocompositesbio-filtersbiodegradationPDF download