Abstract
Cellulose nanofibril (CNF) aerogels are promising materials for various applications because of their highly porous and ultralight characteristics. The fiber network of CNF aerogels held together by hydrogen bonding and mechanical entanglement of adjacent fibers is easily destroyed when it is exposed to water. In this study, cross-linked CNF aerogels were prepared using maleic acid and sodium hypophosphite as cross-linking agents. In the first step of treatment, CNF dispersed in water was reacted with maleic acid to form an ester linkage. Sodium hypophosphite was then added to the maleic acid-functionalized CNF suspension and the suspension was rapidly frozen using liquid nitrogen. CNF aerogel was obtained after freeze drying. The cross-linking of the cellulose was formed by the reaction between the carbon–carbon double bond of maleic acid-functionalized CNF and hypophosphite. The cross-linked CNF aerogel exhibited good network stability in water and springiness after compression.
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