Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to solve the technical problem of overcoming the defects and the defects of porosity and adsorption performance of the existing porous cellulose microsphere material and provides a preparation method of hollow porous cellulose microspheres.
The invention aims to provide the hollow porous cellulose microspheres prepared by the method.
The invention also aims to provide application of the hollow porous cellulose microspheres in environmental adsorption, water treatment, chemical reaction and drug delivery.
The above purpose of the invention is realized by the following technical scheme:
a preparation method of hollow porous cellulose microspheres comprises the following steps:
s1, preparing a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 0.1-10%, adding a porous filler, and fully dispersing to prepare a porous material cellulose suspension;
s2, adding an acid-soluble pore-forming agent into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and fully dispersing to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding the cellulose mixed solution in the S2 into an acid solution, removing an acid-soluble pore-forming agent to obtain hollow porous cellulose microspheres,
wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is (0.2-3) to 1, and the solid content of the cellulose suspension is 2-15 wt%;
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in S2 is (0.2-3): 1.
The composite microsphere adopts a cellulose dissolution regeneration mechanism, takes different types of organic or inorganic porous materials as filler, adds an acidic pore-foaming agent, takes water as a regeneration medium, obtains the porous composite microsphere containing different functional components under certain conditions, and removes the pore-foaming agent by acid washing to form the hollow functionalized microsphere. Compared with the existing porous microspheres, the hollow porous microspheres obtained by the preparation method are easier to control and more uniform in size, the preparation method is simple, convenient and quick, the material sources are wide, the composition of the microspheres is controllable, the composition of the porous microspheres can be regulated and controlled according to application requirements or the functionalized cellulose microspheres are prepared by a chemical method, the application of the fiber material is widened, and the preparation and the application of the cellulose porous material are promoted.
The cellulose is natural cellulose, including wood cellulose, grass cellulose, fruit shell cellulose and the like.
The specific preparation method of the cellulose solution can be as follows: adding a certain amount of cellulose into a solvent capable of dissolving cellulose (an ionic liquid or a sodium hydroxide/urea/thiourea system, a lithium hydroxide/urea system, a NaOH/LiCl/urea system and a sodium hydroxide/urea system), setting the temperature to be a proper temperature, fully dispersing and dissolving the cellulose on a laboratory high-speed dispersion machine, and preparing a transparent cellulose mixed solution.
The porous filler is organic or inorganic porous material, including cellulose microfibril, cellulose nanofilament, inorganic porous material, such as diatomite, zeolite, mesoporous material SBA-15, kaolin, titanium dioxide and alumina.
The acidic pore-foaming agent is an acid-soluble porous inorganic material, such as calcium carbonate, nano titanium dioxide, sodium bicarbonate and the like, and can also be a surfactant or an emulsifier, such as tween 20, tween 60, tween 80 and the like, span 20, span 60, span 80 and the like.
And (3) adding the cellulose mixed solution in the S3 into a dilute acid solution, fully contacting the cellulose balls with the acid solution, regenerating cellulose from the cellulose solution, and soaking overnight until no bubbles are generated, so that the acidic pore-forming agent can be completely removed.
The porous filler used in the invention has good compatibility with cellulose solution, and is insoluble in acid or has good stability in acid. The cellulose solution is fully dispersed and enters the pore channel to form the composite material, after the cellulose solution is regenerated into fibers, the formed cellulose composite microspheres have high strength, good stability and difficult loosening, are not deformed after being stirred for 5 minutes by a high-speed stirrer under 5000 revolutions, contain a large amount of active hydroxyl groups, have the concentration of more than 1mmol/g, have strong loading capacity and are relatively easy for further functionalization.
With the aid of an acid-soluble pore-forming agent, a large number of hollow porous structures can be formed on the surface and inside of the composite microsphere, so that the functionalization and loading capacity of the composite microsphere are further improved.
Preferably, the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is 1-4: 1; the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in the S2 is 0.25-2: 1.
Specifically, the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 may be 1:1, 0.25:1, 3:1, or 4: 1;
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-forming agent to the cellulose in S2 can be 0.25:1, 1:1 or 2: 1.
In order to better prepare the composite microsphere satisfying the porous structure and the modification capability, the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is more preferably 3:1, and the mass ratio of the acidic pore-forming agent to the cellulose in S2 is more preferably 2: 1.
Preferably, the pore diameter of the porous filler in S1 is 0.002-10 μm, and the specific surface area is 20-500 m2Per g, pore volume of 0.05-1.5cm3/g。
For example, the porous filler described in S1 may have a pore diameter of 1 μm and a specific surface area of 80m2Per g, pore volume of 0.5cm3/g;
The porous filler in S1 had a pore diameter of 0.25 μm and a specific surface area of 50m2G, pore volume of 0.98cm3/g;
The porous filler in S1 had a pore diameter of 0.01. mu.m, a specific surface area of 500m2G, pore volume 1.16cm3/g;
The pore diameter of the porous filler in S1 was 0.007 μm, and the specific surface area was 100m2Per g, pore volume of 0.5cm3/g。
Wherein, the specific influence of the aperture of the porous filler on the preparation of the hollow porous cellulose microsphere is as follows: the pore diameter of the microsphere changes along with the pore diameter change of the porous filler within a certain range, and the reason that the pore diameter range is limited to be 0.002-10 mu m in the invention is as follows: the method is generally applied to adsorption, the pore diameter of the loaded microsphere is in a micro-nano level, and both overlarge and undersize pore diameters are not beneficial to adsorbing and loading a target object by the microsphere.
The specific influence of the specific surface area of the porous filler on the preparation of the hollow porous cellulose microspheres is as follows: the specific surface area of the porous filler directly influences the specific surface area of the cellulose microspheres, the specific surface area of the cellulose microspheres can be regulated and controlled by the porous filler, and the specific surface area is limited to be 20-500 m2The reason for/g is: the porous filler can be any size, but the compatibility of the fiber solution and the porous filler can be indirectly influenced by the overlarge specific surface area, so that the preparation of the cellulose microspheres is influenced, and a proper range is set.
The specific influence of the pore volume of the porous filler on the preparation of the hollow porous cellulose microspheres is as follows: the pore volume directly influences the cellulose solutionThe degree of the pore channel entering the pore channel further influences the pore volume of the cellulose microspheres, and the pore volume is limited within the range of 0.05-1.5cm3The reason for/g is: the cellulose solution with too small pore volume can not well enter the pore canal, and the cellulose solution with too large pore canal can not be completely filled, so an appropriate range is set.
Preferably, the porous filler in S1 has a pore diameter of 0.25 μm and a specific surface area of 50m2G, pore volume of 0.98cm3/g。
Preferably, the diameter of the acidic pore-foaming agent in S2 is 0.01-100 μm, and the specific surface area is 40-200m2/g。
For example, the acidic porogen described in S2 may have a diameter of 0.03. mu.m and a specific surface area of 40m2/g;
The diameter of the acidic pore-foaming agent in S2 is 0.02 mu m, and the specific surface area is 100m2/g。
The specific influence of the aperture of the acidic pore-foaming agent on the preparation of the hollow porous cellulose microsphere is as follows: the acidic pore-foaming agent can be used as a template agent for preparing the porous cellulose microspheres, so the size of the acidic pore-foaming agent directly determines the pore size of the porous cellulose microspheres, the diameter is limited to be 0.01-100 mu m, the size of the acidic pore-foaming agent is too large, and the prepared hollow porous cellulose microspheres have low strength and are easy to disintegrate.
The specific influence of the specific surface area of the acidic pore-foaming agent on the preparation of the hollow porous cellulose microspheres is as follows: the specific surface area of the acidic pore-foaming agent can directly influence the porous structure of the cellulose microsphere, the larger the specific surface area of the pores of the added pore-foaming agent is, the larger the specific surface area of the formed cellulose microsphere is, and the pore diameter limited by the invention is in the range of 40-200m2And g, if the pore-foaming agent particles are too large, the prepared hollow porous cellulose microspheres are low in strength and easy to disintegrate, and if the pore-foaming agent particles are too small, the porous structure of the cellulose microspheres cannot be formed.
Preferably, the acidic porogen in S2 has a pore diameter of 0.03 μm and a specific surface area of 40m2/g。
Preferably, the concentration of the dilute acid solution in S3 is 0.1-1.0 mol/L.
The acid is added to etch off the acidic pore-forming agent to form a hollow structure, the cellulose suspension is added into the acid solution, on one hand, the cellulose solution can be rapidly regenerated into fibers in the acid aqueous solution, on the other hand, the acidic pore-forming agent can be etched and washed off in the acid to form a hollow porous structure, the effect can be achieved by common dilute acid, the appropriate concentration is 0.1-1.0 mol/L, and the more preferable concentration is 0.1 mol/L.
The invention also discloses the hollow porous cellulose microsphere prepared by the method, wherein the pore diameter of the pore structure of the hollow porous cellulose microsphere is 0.01-1um, and the porosity is 20-70%.
For example, the pore diameter of the pore structure of the hollow porous cellulose microsphere is 0.01-1um, and the porosity is 20-70%
Preferably, the active group of the hollow porous cellulose microsphere is hydroxyl, and the content is more than or equal to 1 mmol/g.
The application of the hollow porous cellulose microspheres in environmental adsorption, water treatment, chemical reaction and drug delivery is also within the protection scope of the invention.
Both the inner part and the surface part of the hollow porous cellulose microsphere can be used for adsorbing and releasing functional substances. The adsorption process and the release process can be controlled by certain conditions such as temperature, functional substances, pH value, light, electricity, sound, magnetism and the like, and the pore-forming agent can be used for adjusting the pore diameter and the specific surface area of the composite microsphere to realize the adjustment of the load of the composite microsphere and the release of a target substance, so that the composite microsphere is widely applied to the fields of environmental adsorption, water treatment, chemical reaction, drug delivery and the like.
The method is simple, convenient and quick, the material source is wide, and the method is suitable for preparing porous microspheres with different materials and different functions based on the reactivity of cellulose in the raw materials and the adsorption capacity of the porous material, and the porous cellulose microspheres can be loaded with different target functional substances, so that the cellulose microspheres with adsorption and release functions are prepared.
Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that:
(1) the cellulose microsphere disclosed by the invention has the porosity of 20-70%, wherein the content of active group hydroxyl is more than or equal to 1mmol/g, and the cellulose microsphere contains a large number of hollow porous structures, contains multiple functional groups, and has super-strong adsorption capacity and functional loading capacity.
(2) The preparation method has simple and convenient process, the pore structure can be adjusted by the adding amount of the pore-foaming agent, the functionalization of the wall material can be adjusted and controlled by the active group, and the size of the obtained hollow porous microsphere is easier to control and more uniform.
(3) The hollow porous cellulose microsphere has a porous structure and super-strong adsorption capacity, is easy to load functional substances, can release the functional substances in a controllable manner, and can be widely applied to the fields of environmental adsorption, water treatment, chemical reaction, drug delivery and the like.
Detailed Description
The present invention will be further described with reference to specific embodiments, but the present invention is not limited to the examples in any way. The starting reagents employed in the examples of the present invention are, unless otherwise specified, those that are conventionally purchased.
Example 1
A hollow porous cellulose microsphere is prepared by the following method:
s1, weighing 4g of wood cellulose powder, adding the wood cellulose powder into 92g of sodium hydroxide/urea mixed solution, placing the mixture into a refrigerator to be frozen to-15 ℃, fully dissolving the mixture in a laboratory high-speed shearing homogenizer to form a transparent cellulose solution to obtain a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 4.1%, adding 4g of cellulose microfibrils after the temperature returns to room temperature, and fully dispersing the cellulose microfibrils on a laboratory high-speed dispersing machine to prepare cellulose suspension with good dispersing performance and the solid content of 8 wt%;
s2, adding 1g of nano calcium carbonate into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and stirring and dispersing uniformly to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding the cellulose mixed solution in the step S2 into 1mol/L hydrochloric acid until no bubbles are generated, washing with deionized water, ethanol and acetone, drying at 60 ℃ to obtain the hollow porous microspheres with the capsule walls of regenerated cellulose and cellulose microfibrils,
wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is 1:1,
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in the S2 is 0.25:1,
the cellulose microfibrils have a pore size of 1 μm and a specific surface area of 80m2Per g, pore volume of 0.5cm3/g,
The diameter of the nano calcium carbonate is 0.03 mu m, and the specific surface area is 40m2/g。
Example 2
A hollow porous cellulose microsphere is prepared by the following method:
s1, weighing 4g of grass cellulose powder, adding the grass cellulose powder into 92g of NaOH/LiCl/urea mixed solution, placing the mixture into a refrigerator to be frozen to-15 ℃, fully dissolving the mixture in a laboratory high-speed shearing homogenizer to form a transparent cellulose solution, obtaining the cellulose solution with the mass percent of 4.1%, adding 0.5g of cellulose nanofibril and diatomite respectively after the temperature returns to the room temperature, and fully dispersing the mixture on a laboratory high-speed dispersing machine to prepare cellulose suspension with good dispersing performance and the solid content of 5 wt%;
s2, adding 1g of nano titanium dioxide into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and stirring and dispersing uniformly to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding the cellulose mixed solution in the step S2 into 1mol/L hydrochloric acid until no bubbles are generated, washing with deionized water, ethanol and acetone, drying at 60 ℃ to obtain the hollow porous microspheres with the walls of regenerated cellulose-cellulose nanofibril-diatomite,
wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is 0.25:1,
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in the S2 is 0.25:1,
the diatomaceous earth has a pore diameter of 0.25 μm and a specific surface area of 50m2G, pore volume of 0.98cm3/g,
The diameter of the nano titanium dioxide is 0.02 mu m, and the specific surface area is 100m2/g。
Example 3
A hollow porous cellulose microsphere is prepared by the following method:
s1, weighing 1g of filter paper cotton cellulose, drying, shearing, adding into 23g of ionic liquid, keeping the room temperature, continuously stirring, fully dissolving to form a transparent cellulose solution to obtain a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 4.2%, adding SBA-151 g after the temperature returns to the room temperature, and fully dispersing on a laboratory high-speed dispersion machine to prepare a cellulose suspension with good dispersion performance and the solid content of 4 wt%;
s2, adding 1g of Tween 60 into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and stirring and dispersing uniformly to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding the cellulose mixed solution in the step S2 into 1mol/L hydrochloric acid until no bubbles are generated, cleaning with deionized water, ethanol and acetone, drying at 60 ℃ to obtain the porous microspheres with hollow capsule walls of regenerated cellulose-SBA-15,
wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is 1:1,
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in S2 is 1:1,
the pore diameter of SBA-15 is 0.01 mu m, the specific surface area is 500m2G, pore volume 1.16cm3/g。
Example 4
A hollow porous cellulose microsphere is prepared by the following method:
s1, weighing 1g of filter paper cotton cellulose, drying, shearing, adding into 23g of ionic liquid, keeping the room temperature, continuously stirring, fully dissolving to form a transparent cellulose solution to obtain a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 4.2%, adding 0.5g of zeolite powder and diatomite respectively after the temperature returns to the room temperature, and fully dispersing on a laboratory high-speed dispersion machine to prepare a cellulose suspension with good dispersibility and a solid content of 4 wt%;
s2, adding 1g of nano calcium carbonate into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and stirring and dispersing uniformly to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding the cellulose mixed solution in the step S2 into 1mol/L hydrochloric acid until no bubbles are generated, washing with deionized water, ethanol and acetone, drying at 60 ℃ to obtain the hollow porous microspheres with the walls of regenerated cellulose-zeolite powder-diatomite,
wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is 1:1,
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in the S2 is 1:1,
the zeolite powder has a pore diameter of 0.007 μm and a specific surface area of 100m2Per g, pore volume of 0.5cm3/g,
The diatomite has a pore diameter of 0.25 μm and a specific surface area of 50m2Per g, pore volume 0.98cm3/g,
The diameter of the nano calcium carbonate is 0.03 mu m, and the specific surface area is 40m2/g。
Example 5
A hollow porous cellulose microsphere is prepared by the following method:
s1, weighing 4g of cellulose powder extracted from peanut shells, adding the cellulose powder into a sodium hydroxide/urea mixed solution, putting the mixture into a refrigerator, freezing the mixture to-15 ℃, fully dissolving the mixture in a laboratory high-speed shearing homogenizer to form a transparent cellulose solution, obtaining a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 10%, adding 6g of cellulose nanofibrils and microfibrils respectively after the temperature returns to room temperature, fully dispersing the mixture in a laboratory high-speed dispersing machine, and preparing cellulose microfibril-nanofibril cellulose suspension with good dispersion performance and the solid content of 8 wt%;
s2, adding 8g of nano calcium carbonate into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and stirring and dispersing uniformly to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding the cellulose mixed solution in the step S2 into 1mol/L hydrochloric acid until no bubbles are generated, washing with deionized water, ethanol and acetone, and drying at 60 ℃ to obtain the porous microspheres with hollow capsule walls of regenerated cellulose-cellulose microfibril-cellulose nanofilaments.
Wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is 3:1,
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in S2 is 2:1,
the diatomite has a pore diameter of 0.25 μm and a specific surface area of 50m2Per g, pore volume 0.98cm3/g,
The diameter of the nano calcium carbonate is 0.03 mu m, and the specific surface area is 40m2/g。
Example 6
A hollow porous cellulose microsphere is prepared by the following method:
s1, weighing 1g of filter paper cotton cellulose, drying, shearing, adding into 23g of ionic liquid, keeping the room temperature, continuously stirring, fully dissolving to form a transparent cellulose solution to obtain a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 4.2%, adding 0.5g of zeolite powder and diatomite respectively after the temperature returns to the room temperature, and fully dispersing on a laboratory high-speed dispersion machine to prepare a cellulose suspension with good dispersibility and a solid content of 4 wt%;
s2, adding 1g of nano calcium carbonate into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and then stirring and dispersing uniformly to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding the cellulose mixed solution in the step S2 into 0.1mol/L hydrochloric acid until no bubbles are generated, washing with deionized water, ethanol and acetone, drying at 60 ℃ to obtain the hollow porous microspheres with the capsule walls of regenerated cellulose-zeolite powder-diatomite,
wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is 1:1,
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in S2 is 1:1,
the zeolite powder has pore diameter of 0.007 μm and specific surface area of 100m2Per g, pore volume of 0.5cm3/g,
The diatomite has a pore diameter of 0.25 μm and a specific surface area of 50m2Per g, pore volume 0.98cm3/g,
The diameter of the nano calcium carbonate is 0.03 mu m, and the specific surface area is 40m2/g。
Example 7
A hollow porous cellulose microsphere is prepared by the following method:
s1, preparing a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 5%, adding a porous filler diatomite, and fully dispersing to prepare a porous material cellulose suspension;
s2, adding acid-soluble pore-foaming agent nano calcium carbonate into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and fully dispersing to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding an acid solution into the cellulose mixed solution of S2 in a dropwise or spraying manner, removing the acid-soluble pore-forming agent to obtain hollow porous cellulose microspheres,
wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in the S1 is 4:1, and the solid content of the cellulose mixed solution is 8 wt%;
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in the S2 is 1: 1.
Comparative example 1
A hollow porous cellulose microsphere is prepared by the following method:
s1, preparing a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 5%, adding porous filler diatomite, and fully dispersing to prepare a porous material cellulose suspension;
s2, adding acid-soluble pore-foaming agent nano calcium carbonate into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, and fully dispersing to prepare a cellulose mixed solution;
s3, adding an acid solution into the cellulose mixed solution of S2 in a dropwise or spraying manner, removing the acid-soluble pore-forming agent to obtain hollow porous cellulose microspheres,
wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in the S1 is 4:1, and the solid content of the cellulose mixed solution is 8 wt%;
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in the S2 is 0.1: 1.
Comparative example 2
Cellulose microspheres prepared by the following method:
s1, preparing a cellulose solution with the mass percent of 5%, adding a porous filler diatomite, and fully dispersing to prepare a porous material cellulose suspension;
s2, adding acid-soluble pore-forming agent nano calcium carbonate into the porous material cellulose suspension of S1, fully dispersing to prepare a cellulose mixed solution,
s3, adding an acid solution into the cellulose mixed solution of S2 in a dropwise or spraying manner to remove the acid-soluble pore-forming agent, wherein the solution has too high viscosity, the cellulose mixed solution is gelatinized and cannot be formed into balls, and the cellulose microspheres cannot be prepared.
Wherein the mass ratio of the porous filler to the cellulose in S1 is 6:1, and the solid content of the cellulose mixed solution is 8 wt%;
the mass ratio of the acidic pore-foaming agent to the cellulose in the S2 is 0.1: 1.
Result detection
(1) Hollow structure detection
The hollow structures of the hollow porous cellulose microspheres prepared in the examples and the comparative examples are tested, including the detection of the hollow pore diameter and the porosity
The detection method comprises the following steps: using Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) N2The physical adsorption method measures the specific surface area, pore volume, etc. of the sample. The tests were carried out on an automatic gas adsorption analyzer (Belsorp-Max BEL Inc, Osaka, Japan) using high purity nitrogen as a carrier gas. The porous microspheres were degassed at 80 ℃ for 12h and then measured for N at-160.15 ℃2And (4) adsorbing.
The results are shown in Table 1.
(2) Reactive group detection
The content of active group hydroxyl of the hollow porous cellulose microspheres prepared in the examples and the comparative examples is detected,
the detection method comprises the following steps: the hydroxyl value is determined on the basis of an acylation method (also called an esterification method), namely, hydroxyl in a sample and acid anhydride are subjected to quantitative acylation reaction to generate ester and acid, and after excessive acid anhydride is hydrolyzed into acid, alkali standard solution is used for titration, and finally, the hydroxyl content is calculated.
The results are shown in Table 1.
TABLE 1
The hollow porous cellulose microspheres required to be prepared by the invention need to be controlled within a certain aperture range, the aperture is between 0.1um and 1um, the aperture is less than 0.1um, the functional components are not favorably loaded in the later period, and the performance such as the specific surface area of the material cannot be improved due to overlarge aperture. The porosity of the microspheres prepared by the embodiment of the invention is about 30%, and the hydroxyl content is more than 1 mmol/g.
It should be understood that the above-described embodiments of the present invention are merely examples for clearly illustrating the present invention, and are not intended to limit the embodiments of the present invention. Other variations and modifications will be apparent to persons skilled in the art in light of the above description. This need not be, nor should it be exhaustive of all embodiments. Any modification, equivalent replacement, and improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the claims of the present invention.