Upcycling of cellulosic textile waste with bacterial cellulose via Ioncell® technology

Francisco A.G.S. Silva; Inge Schlapp-Hackl; Nicole Nygren; Senni Heimala; Anna Leinonen; Fernando Dourado; Miguel Gama; Michael Hummel

doi:10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132194

Upcycling of cellulosic textile waste with bacterial cellulose via Ioncell® technology

Francisco A.G.S. Silva
, Inge Schlapp-Hackl
, Nicole Nygren
, Senni Heimala
, Anna Leinonen
, Fernando Dourado
, Miguel Gama^*
, Michael Hummel^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Currently the textile industry relies strongly on synthetic fibres and cotton, which contribute to many environmental problems. Man-made cellulosic fibres (MMCF) can offer sustainable alternatives. Herein, the development of Lyocell-type MMCF using bacterial cellulose (BC) as alternative raw material in the Ioncell® spinning process was investigated. BC, known for its high degree of polymerization (DP), crystallinity and strength was successfully dissolved in the ionic liquid (IL) 1,5-diazabicyclo[4.3.0]non-5-enium acetate [DBNH][OAc] to produce solutions with excellent spinnability. BC staple fibres displayed good mechanical properties and crystallinity (CI) and were spun into a yarn which was knitted into garments, demonstrating the potential of BC as suitable cellulose source for textile production. BC is also a valuable additive when recycling waste cellulose textiles (viscose fibres). The high DP and Cl of BC enhanced the spinnability in a viscose/BC blend, consequently improving the mechanical performance of the resulting fibres, as compared to neat viscose fibres.

Original language	English
Article number	132194
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
Volume	271
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.132194
Publication status	Published - Jun 2024
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Funding

This study was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the scope of the strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit and COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684) and BioTecNorte operation (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-000004) funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the scope of Norte2020 - Programa Operacional Regional do Norte and by the integrated project be@t – Textile Bioeconomy (TC-C12-i01, Sustainable Bioeconomy No. 02/C12-i01/202), promoted by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP), Next Generation EU, for the period 2021–2026. The authors also acknowledge the financial support of the FCT (ESF) through the grant given to Francisco A.G.S. Silva (SFRH/BD/146375/2019). I. S.-H. acknowledges financial support through the Research Council of Finland under grant agreement no. 327296 and 352615 – the FINIX project.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Bacterial cellulose
Ionic liquid
Lyocell spinning
Man-made cellulose fibres
Mechanical properties
Viscose recycling

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Upcycling of cellulosic textile waste with bacterial cellulose via Ioncell® technology

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Upcycling of cellulosic textile waste with bacterial cellulose via Ioncell® technology

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