Open Access

ARTICLE

Wissem Sahmim¹, Febrina Dellarose Boer¹, Hubert Chapuis¹, Firmin Obounou-Akong¹, Antonio Pizzi², Philippe Gérardin¹, Christine Gérardin-Charbonnier^1,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1175-1184, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.016365
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Renewable Foam Materials and Composites)
Abstract With the current trend of increasing efforts to develop non-isocyanate-based polyurethanes (NIPUs), this study aimed to check the feasibility of the development of a method using cyclic carbonate modified catechin and amine to synthesis non-isocyanate urethane with the objective to further extend these results to polyurethane synthesis. The methods used in this study consist of four steps: glycidilation of catechin, hydrolysis of epoxide, cyclic carbonate synthesis, and carbamate synthesis through condensation of butylamine. The resulting products were analyzed using FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) spectroscopy and NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy. The results showed that carbamate could be successfully obtained through… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

2121

Download

1064

Open Access

ARTICLE

Md Zahirul Islam, Chad A. Ulven^*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1185-1200, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018018
Abstract Among natural fibers, flax fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites show excellent dynamic/fatigue properties due to its excellent damping properties. Knowledge about fatigue limit and effect of loading frequency on fatigue limit is very crucial to know before being used a member as a structural component. Fatigue limit of fiber reinforced composite is measured through high cycle fatigue strength (HCFS). The effect of loading frequency on the HCFS of flax fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites was investigated using stabilized specimen surface temperature based thermographic and dissipated energy per cycle-based approaches. Specimens of unidirectional flax fiber reinforced thermoset composites were tested under… More >

View

1390

Download

919

Open Access

ARTICLE

Bing Zhang¹, Sujie Yang¹, Mengru Liu¹, Panyue Wen², Xiuyu Liu¹, Gang Tang^1,*, Xiangrong Xu^3,4,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1201-1220, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018047
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Bio-based Halogen-free Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials)
Abstract Biomass phytic acid has potential flame retardant value as the main form of phosphorus in plant seeds. In this study, phytate-based flame retardants aluminum phytate (PA-Al) and iron phytate (PA-Fe) were synthesized and characterized. Subsequently, they were introduced into rigid polyurethane foam (RPUF) as flame retardants by one-step water-blown method. The results indicated that RPUF/PA-Fe30 exhibited the highest char residue of 22.1 wt%, significantly higher than 12.4 wt% of RPUF. Cone calorimetry analysis showed that the total heat release (THR) of RPUF/PA-Al30 decreased by 17.0% and total smoke release (TSR) decreased by 22.0% compared with pure RPUF, which were the lowest, demonstrating… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

2242

Download

1188

Open Access

ARTICLE

M. T. Mastura^1,*, R. Nadlene², R. Jumaidin¹, S. I. Abdul Kudus¹, M. R. Mansor², H. M. S. Firdaus¹
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1221-1238, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018082
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Natural Fibre Composites: Design, Materials Selection and Fabrication)
Abstract The employment of natural fibres in fused deposition modeling has raised much attention from researchers in finding a suitable formulation for the natural fibre composite filaments. Moreover, selection of suitable natural fibres for fused deposition modeling should be performed before the development of the composites. It could not be performed without identifying selection criteria that comprehend both materials and fused deposition modeling process requirements. Therefore, in this study, integration of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)/Analytic Network Process (ANP) has been introduced in selecting the natural fibres based in different clusters of selection concurrently. The selection process has been performed based… More >

View

1760

Download

1092

Open Access

ARTICLE

Jiakun Shi¹, Bizhu Zhang¹, Xin Zhou¹, Runxian Liu¹, Jun Hu^1,2,*, Huaan Zheng¹, Zhong Chen^3,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1239-1255, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018045
Abstract As a passive anti-icing strategy, properly designed superhydrophobic coatings can demonstrate outstanding performances. However, common preparation strategies for superhydrophobic coatings often lead to environmental pollution, high energy-consumption, high-cost and other undesirable issues. Besides, the durability of superhydrophobic coating also plagues its commercial application. In this paper, we introduced a facile and environment-friendly technique for fabricating abrasion-resistant superhydrophobic surfaces using thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) and modified SiO₂ particles (SH-SiO₂). Both materials are non-toxicity, low-cost, and commercial available. Our methodology has the following advantages: use of minimal amounts of formulation, take the most streamlined technical route, and no waste material. These advantages make… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

2465

Download

1136

Open Access

ARTICLE

Ke Shi^1,2, Luyang Wang^1,2, Ruige Qi^1,2, Chunxia He^1,2,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1257-1268, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.017891
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Food Packaging Materials Based on Renewable Resources)
Abstract This work was aim to prepare a packing material from natural resources to reduce the environment pollution caused by plastics. Four bio-adhesives (guar gum, sodium alginate, agar and chitosan) were combined with lotus leaf fibers to prepare degradable composites, respectively. The mechanical properties, moisture absorption profiles and the thermal conductivity of the composites were studied and the cross section morphology and the thermal properties of the composites were analyzed. The Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) results showed that the polar groups such as –OH and –COO^– in bio-adhesives can form hydrogen bond with –OH in lotus leaf fibers to connect the… More >

View

1734

Download

1045

Open Access

ARTICLE

Brya Aldawoodi^1,*, Salaheddin Sabri¹, Abdulmounem Alchekh Wis²
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1269-1285, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.017445
Abstract This study aims to determine the most convenient calcination temperature and calcination duration of waste-stabilized Adobe (AB) to produce a new alkali-activated binder. Waste-stabilized Adobe mainly consists of soil, CaCO₃ as a stabilizer, and straw (for strengthening). The availability of raw materials for making Adobe presents the waste-stabilized Adobe as a potential product for a new alkali-activated binder. Waste-stabilized Adobe collected from an abandoned damaged building in the village of Inonu in Northern Cyprus, ground and calcined at the following temperatures: 450, 550, 650, 750, 850, and 950°C. The calcination at each temperature was held for different durations 1, 3,… More >

View

1523

Download

779

Open Access

ARTICLE

Xiushao Zhao¹, Jianglong Rao¹, Qijing Yang^1,2,*, Yu Rong³, Zhitao Fu¹, Zhiyao Wang¹, Zixi Chen¹
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1287-1305, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.017473
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Renewable Material from Agricultural Waste and By-Product and Its Applications)
Abstract Completely weathered phyllite (CWP) has the characteristics of difficult compaction, low shear strength after compaction and large settlement after construction. The traditional improvement method using a single agent of red clay or cement for CWP satisfies the subgrade requirements for ordinary railway, but cannot meet the requirements of immediate strength and long-term post-construction settlement of high-speed railway at the same time. A series of experimental investigations were undertaken for the blended CWP soils, with three additives used. The first additive was red clay, the second was cement and the third was a combination of both red clay and cement at… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

1858

Download

950

Open Access

ARTICLE

Ismail Shah^1,2, Jing Li^1,2,*, Shengyuan Yang¹, Yubo Zhang¹, Aftab Anwar^1,2
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1307-1320, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.017513
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Recycled Concrete Towards a Sustainable Society)
Abstract Recently, addition of various natural fibers to high strength concrete has aroused great interest in the field of building materials. This is because natural fibers are much cheaper and locally available, as compare to synthetic fibers. Keeping in view, this current research conducted mainly focuses on the static properties of hybridized (sisal/coir), sisal and coir fiber-reinforced concrete. Two types of natural fibers sisal and coir were used in the experiment with different lengths of 10, 20 and 30 mm and various natural fiber concentrations of 0.5%, 1.0%, and 1.5% by mass of cement, to investigate the static properties of sisal… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

2388

Download

1633

Cited by

2

Open Access

ARTICLE

Shoujing Yan¹, Yangyang Wang^2,*, Fengxia Chi¹, Xue Luo², Tianjie Zhang³, Chenchen Xi¹
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1321-1335, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.017545
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Green Coating and Film for Degeneration Protection)
Abstract Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) was recently employed to apply onto road surfaces to degrade the harmful compounds from vehicle emissions. However, it remains a challenging task to find a highly compatible pavement type for TiO₂ application to achieve durable and efficient air-purifying performance. This study proposed to coat TiO₂ particles onto semi-flexible pavement surface and tried to investigate an optimum coating method. Three coating methods, including direct mixing TiO₂ (MT) with asphalt mixture, spraying dry TiO₂ (ST) coating and water-solution-based TiO₂ (WT) coating on semi-flexible pavement surface. To achieve this objective, semi-flexible samples were prepared to evaluate and compare the performances… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

1480

Download

950

Open Access

ARTICLE

Chengcheng Wang^1,2,*, Dawei Luo¹, Bingxue Hou³, Mortaza Gholizadeh⁴, Zanxiong Tan¹, Xiaojie Han¹
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1337-1348, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018770
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advanced Renewable Energy Storage Materials and Their Composite: Preparation, Characterization and Applications)
Abstract It is critical to study efficient, stable oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) electrocatalysts due to insufficient stability and expensive price of Pt/C catalysts for Zn-air batteries. Fe–N–C electrocatalysts was synthesized by a facile solvent-green method and the efficiency of Fe–N–C optimized was studied as potential ORR electrocatalysts under alkaline condition. Results indicated that it had excellent ORR activity with E_1/2 of 0.93 V, which was competitive to that of Pt/C-JM under the same conditions. Moreover, the assembled Zn-air battery exhibited discharge potential and charge potential of 1.2 V, 2.32 V at 5 mA cm⁻² with high stability, respectively. Overall, all results illustrated… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

2192

Download

1762

Open Access

ARTICLE

Li Wang^1,2,#, Rongbai Tong^3,#, Juanli Wang^1,2,*, Jintao Wan^1,2,*, Yuhu Li^1,2, Pujun Jin^1,2, Daodao Hu^1,2
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1349-1364, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.019372
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Bio-based Halogen-free Flame Retardant Polymeric Materials)
Abstract Quest for bio-based halogen-free green flame retardant has attracted many concerns in recent years. Herein a reactive functional flame retardant containing phosphorus VDP is synthesized from vanillin, 9,10-dihydro-9-oxa-10-phosphophene-10-oxide (DOPO) and phenol via a facile way. VDP is characterized with ¹H NMR, ³¹P NMR, FTIR and Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry, and used as a new reactive flame retardant for bisphenol epoxy thermosets. Thermogravimetry analysis shows that when the VDP loading is only 0.5P% (based on phosphorus content), the residue increases from 14.2% to 21.1% at 750°C in N₂ compare with neat DGEBA. Correspondingly, the limit oxygen index increased to 29.6%,… More >

View

2639

Download

1865

Open Access

ARTICLE

Zhaoyang Yu¹, Jinbo Hu^1,2,*, Yuan Liu^1,*, Shanshan Chang¹, Ting Li², Gonggang Liu¹, Qiongtao Huang³, Jianying Yuan⁴
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1365-1379, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018255
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Advanced Wood Composites from Renewable Materials)
Abstract Color, whiteness and glossiness of four caesalpiniaceae wood species were characterized by quantitative measurements and image analysis, i.e., which were respectively Berlinia bracteosa Benth., Monopetalanthus heitzii Pellegr., Distemonanthus benthamianus and Erythrophleum ivorense A. Chev. The color of four wood species was evaluated to be consistent by the CIELab and CIE1931 color system. The boards of B. bracteosa, M. heitzii and E. ivorense was divided into dark color. The wood color of B. bracteosa had the highest red to green hue, while the wood appearance of D. benthamianus had the brightest and yellowest color within the four wood species. The whiteness… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

1618

Download

816

Open Access

ARTICLE

Zhe Yu¹, Bangyong Sun^1,3,*, Di Liu², Vincent Whannou de Dravo¹, Margarita Khokhlova⁴, Siyuan Wu³
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1381-1395, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018262
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Green, Recycled and Intelligent Technologies in Printing and Packaging)
Abstract In this paper, we propose a neoteric and high-efficiency single image dehazing algorithm via contrast enhancement which is called STRASS (Spatio-Temporal Retinex-Inspired by an Averaging of Stochastic Samples) dehazing, it is realized by constructing an efficient high-pass filter to process haze images and taking the influence of human vision system into account in image dehazing principles. The novel high-pass filter works by getting each pixel using RSR and computes the average of the samples. Then the low-pass filter resulting from the minimum envelope in STRESS framework has been replaced by the average of the samples. The final dehazed image is… More >

View

2006

Download

1529

Open Access

ARTICLE

Chao Liu^1,2,*, Huawei Liu^2,*, Jian Wu¹
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1397-1414, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018386
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: Recycled Concrete Towards a Sustainable Society)
Abstract In this paper, recycled bricks and recycled concrete were applied to prepare eco-friendly recycled mixed powder (RMP) cementitious material, as a supplementary to replace conventional cement for improve the recycling of construction and demolition waste. Based on the effect of cementitious materials on the hydration of silicate cement, the effects of RMP on the workability, mechanical properties and microstructure of recycled mixed powder concrete (RMPC) with the different replacement ratios and the 8:4 and 6:4 mixing ratio of recycled brick powder (RBP) and recycled concrete powder (RCP) were investigated. The results showed that the fluidity of the mix decreased with… More >

View

2215

Download

1524

Open Access

ARTICLE

Lung-Yin Lin¹, Yu-Shing Chang^2,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1415-1437, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018408
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: New Trends in Sustainable Materials for Energy Conversion, CO₂ Capture and Pollution Control)
Abstract Recently, there has been a global movement toward environmental protection and energy conservation through the design and development of new products in accordance with sustainable utilisation. In this study, rare earth luminescent materials were used owing to their active light emission and reusability. Additionally, solar light-emitting diode lights and car-light reflection were utilised to increase the recognition and reliability of reflective cat eyes. Along with carbon reduction, this can save energy and enhance road safety. This study considered the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving and a literature review to analyse the issues in existing products. Then, expert interviews were conducted… More >

View

2146

Download

1845

Open Access

ARTICLE

Guanfeng Chang, Xinzhu Hua^*, Xiao Liu, Chen Li, Enqian Wang, Bingjun Sun
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.10, No.5, pp. 1439-1458, 2022, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2022.018607
（This article belongs to the Special Issue: New Trends in Sustainable Materials for Energy Conversion, CO₂ Capture and Pollution Control)
Abstract The filling mining method is important in realizing the green mining of mineral resources. Aiming at the problems of land resource occupation, environmental pollution, and rational utilization of coal-based solid wastes such as coal gangue, fly ash, and desulfurization gypsum, a new paste filling material was developed with coal gangue, fly ash, and desulfurization gypsum as raw materials. The microstructure of the raw materials was analyzed by XRD and SEM. Combined with the Box-Behnken experimental design, the effect of each component on the fluidity of the filling slurry was analyzed through the response surface analysis. The significance of each component… More >

Graphic Abstract

View

2140

Download

1685