Nacre-Inspired Black Phosphorus/Nanofibrillar Cellulose Composite Film with Enhanced Mechanical Properties and Superior Fire Resistance

S. Qiu, X. Ren, X. Zhou, T. Zhang, L. Song, Y. Hu

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Abstract

Natural nacre offers an optimized guiding principle for the assembly of lightweight and high-strength nanocomposites with excellent mechanical properties. Inspired by the “brick-and-mortar” layered structure of natural nacre, we present a cohort of bioinspired nanocomposites consisting of nanofibrillar cellulose (NFC) and few-layer hydroxyl functionalized black phosphorus (BP–OH) via a vacuum-assisted filtration self-assembly procedure. Owing to the well dispersed two-dimensional (2D) BP–OH in one-dimensional (1D) NFC and strong interfacial hydrogen bonding between them, these novel nacre-like BP–OHx/NFC composite films show excellent mechanical performance with tensile strength up to 214.0 MPa, 300% increase compared to pure NFC and tensile fracture strain up to 23.8%, 1.8 times higher than that of pure NFC. Moreover, these nacre-like composite films bare good fire resistance and high thermal stability. This nacre-inspired approach demonstrates a promising strategy for designing high-performance BP–OHx/NFC composite film, and the obtained bioinspired material could be a potential candidate in the application of flexible construction materials and flame retarded insulation materials.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)36639–36651
Number of pages13
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume12
Issue number32
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
Externally publishedYes

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