Sustainable afterglow materials from lignin inspired by wood phosphorescence

Jingwen Yuan; Yingxiang Zhai; Keliang Wan; Shouxin Liu; Jian Li; Shujun Li; Zhijun Chen; Tony D. James

doi:10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100542

Sustainable afterglow materials from lignin inspired by wood phosphorescence

Jingwen Yuan, Yingxiang Zhai, Keliang Wan, Shouxin Liu, Jian Li, Shujun Li, Zhijun Chen, Tony D. James

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Abstract

Sustainable organic afterglow room-temperature phosphorescence (RTP) is a particularly attractive phenomenon but remains difficult to achieve. Herein, inspired by the afterglow RTP of natural basswood, we prepare a series of sustainable afterglow RTP materials by confining lignin within a 3D poly(acrylic acid) network that mimics the wood matrix. The RTP emission of these materials could be finely tuned either by varying the drying temperature or the crosslinking density. Afterglow RTP emission could also be produced by embedding different types of lignin in a variety of 3D polymeric networks, thus demonstrating the generality of our strategy for preparing sustainable lignin-based RTP materials. As an illustration of potential applications, the lignin-based RTP materials are used to coat cotton fibers, which are then incorporated into luminescent textiles.

Original language	English
Article number	100542
Journal	Cell Reports Physical Science
Volume	2
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xcrp.2021.100542
Publication status	Published - 22 Sept 2021

Keywords

lignin RTP materials
RTP of natural wood
sustainability
tunable lifetime

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Physics and Astronomy(all)
Materials Science(all)
Chemistry(all)
Energy(all)
Engineering(all)

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