TY - JOUR
T1 - Experimental and numerical perspective on the fire performance of MXene/chitosan/phytic acid coated flexible polyurethane foam
AU - Lin, Bo
AU - Yuen, Anthony Chun Yin
AU - Chen, Timothy Bo Yuan
AU - Yu, Bin
AU - Yang, Wei
AU - Zhang, Jin
AU - Yao, Yin
AU - Wu, Shuying
AU - Wang, Chun Hui
AU - Yeoh, Guan Heng
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PY - 2021/2/25
Y1 - 2021/2/25
N2 - Recent discoveries of two-dimensional transitional metal based materials have emerged as an excellent candidate for fabricating nanostructured flame-retardants. Herein, we report an eco-friendly flame-retardant for flexible polyurethane foam (PUF), which is synthesised by hybridising MXene (Ti3C2) with biomass materials including phytic acid (PA), casein, pectin, and chitosan (CH). Results show that coating PUFs with 3 layers of CH/PA/Ti3C2 via layer-by-layer approach reduces the peak heat release and total smoke release by 51.1% and 84.8%, respectively. These exceptional improvements exceed those achieved by a CH/Ti3C2 coating. To further understand the fundamental flame and smoke reduction phenomena, a pyrolysis model with surface regression was developed to simulate the flame propagation and char layer. A genetic algorithm was utilised to determine optimum parameters describing the thermal degradation rate. The superior flame-retardancy of CH/PA/Ti3C2 was originated from the shielding and charring effects of the hybrid MXene with biomass materials containing aromatic rings, phenolic and phosphorous compounds.
AB - Recent discoveries of two-dimensional transitional metal based materials have emerged as an excellent candidate for fabricating nanostructured flame-retardants. Herein, we report an eco-friendly flame-retardant for flexible polyurethane foam (PUF), which is synthesised by hybridising MXene (Ti3C2) with biomass materials including phytic acid (PA), casein, pectin, and chitosan (CH). Results show that coating PUFs with 3 layers of CH/PA/Ti3C2 via layer-by-layer approach reduces the peak heat release and total smoke release by 51.1% and 84.8%, respectively. These exceptional improvements exceed those achieved by a CH/Ti3C2 coating. To further understand the fundamental flame and smoke reduction phenomena, a pyrolysis model with surface regression was developed to simulate the flame propagation and char layer. A genetic algorithm was utilised to determine optimum parameters describing the thermal degradation rate. The superior flame-retardancy of CH/PA/Ti3C2 was originated from the shielding and charring effects of the hybrid MXene with biomass materials containing aromatic rings, phenolic and phosphorous compounds.
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UR - http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IC170100032
U2 - 10.1038/s41598-021-84083-2
DO - 10.1038/s41598-021-84083-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 33633219
AN - SCOPUS:85101740029
SN - 2045-2322
VL - 11
SP - 1
EP - 13
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
M1 - 4684
ER -