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Determination of structural, physical, and thermal properties of biocomposite thin film from waste banana peel
Nik Alnur Auli Nik Yusuf1, Mohammad Khairul Azhar Abdul Razab2, Mohamad Bashree Abu Bakar3, Khor, Jia Yen4, Chee, Wing Tung5, Ros Syazmini Mohd Ghani6, Mohd Nasha'ain Nordin7.
This study summarizes the research on organic fillers, where eggshells were
used as the reinforcement and banana peels as the matrix in the
manufacturing of biocomposite thin film. Banana peel fibers exhibit a good
characteristic of renewable material for the substitution of cement-based
composites. However, biocomposite properties are limited by the poor
adhesion between natural fiber interface and polymer matrix, which can be
improved by chemical modification of fibers. In this research, banana peels
were subjected to silane treatment. Biocomposite thin film manufacturing
processes were carried out using blending and hand lay-up techniques with
various concentrations of epoxy/waste banana peels/eggshell filler (EWE)
ratios (EWE 0%, EWE 5%, and EWE 10%). X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier
transform infrared (FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and thickness
swelling test were conducted on silane-treated and untreated banana peel
biocomposite samples. In XRD analysis, it was found that EWE 10% sample had
the highest crystallinity compared to EWE 0% and EWE 5%, and silane-treated
samples had higher crystallinity than untreated samples. For FTIR test, lignin
component was removed in silane treatment based on the changes of IR
peak characteristic where the new bonds (-Si-O-C-, -Si-O-Si-, and -Si-C-) were
found in treated samples. Besides, TGA results showed that the thermal
stability of silane-treated samples was improved significantly with the increase
of eggshell filler percentage, which was proven by the decrease in the
decomposition stage. In thickness swelling test, the samples achieved higher
swelling percentage as the percentage of eggshell filler increased. However,
the decrease of 5–6% in thickness swelling of treated samples was possibly
offset by the enhancement in fiber/matrix interfacial adhesion.
Affiliation:
- Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
- Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
- Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia
- University College of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia
- Advanced Materials Research Center (AMREC), SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia
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