Abstract
A “green” and highly efficient route was proposed to fabricate ultrafine cellulose fibers. The processing steps include cellulose dissolution, gel preparation, melt-electrospinning and fiber coagulation. High DP cellulose can be easily dissolved in 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride (BmimCl) when the blend was stirred at 110 °C for 2 h. The maximum solubility can reach up to 16.7 wt%. A homogeneous ternary cellulose/BmimCl/ethanol or cellulose/BmimCl/water gel was made by the methods of crystallization and casting for the purpose of fixing the shape of the cellulose/BmimCl solution. After laser-heating and electrospinning, multiple jets were ejected from the gel tip and then frozen on a super cold target. Pure cellulose fibers without beads and blocks were achieved after coagulation. The results of WAXD and FTIR indicated that the regenerated cellulose fibers were amorphous and chemically stable. More importantly, this approach can be applied to other polysaccharides for the preparation of ultrafine fibers.
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