@Article{jrm.2022.020478,
AUTHOR = {Heru Suryanto, Bili Darnanto Susilo, Jibril Maulana, Aminnudin, Uun Yanuhar, Surjani Wonorahardjo, Husni Wahyu Wijaya, Abu Saad Ansari},
TITLE = {Characterization of Nanocomposite Membrane Based Bacterial Cellulose Made of Pineapple Waste Reinforced by Graphite Nanoplatelets},
JOURNAL = {Journal of Renewable Materials},
VOLUME = {10},
YEAR = {2022},
NUMBER = {9},
PAGES = {2455--2465},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/jrm/v10n9/48022},
ISSN = {2164-6341},
ABSTRACT = {Waste is the main problem for the environment. Handling waste for various useful applications has a benefit for
the future. This work has been studied for handling pineapple peel waste to make composite film bacterial cellulose nanocomposite membrane (BCNM) with addition graphite nanoplatelet (GNP). The concentration of GNP
in the membrane influence the membrane properties. The bacterial cellulose (BC) pellicle was synthesized by
using media from pineapple peel waste extract. BC pellicle is cleaned with water and NaOH solution to be free
from impactors. BCNM is synthesized through the mechanical disintegration stage. The results of disintegration
using high pressure homogenizer at 150 bar and five cycles. BCNM/GNP is synthesized with varying addition of
GNP of 2.5, 5.0, 10 and 100 wt% of dry bacterial nanocellulose (BNC). The BC and GNP solution were dried in an
oven for 14 h at 80°C. BCNM morphology was observed using SEM. GNP is dispersed and distributed in the BC
matrix as reinforcement. FTIR analysis shows many peaks of BNC less pronounced with increasing of GNP. The
higher concentration of GNP, the rougher of BCNM. The optimum tensile strength of BCNM was achieved after
addition GNP of 2.5 wt%.},
DOI = {10.32604/jrm.2022.020478}
}