Renewable low viscosity polyester-polyols for biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethanes

Rajput, Bhausaheb S.; Hai, Thien Phung; Gunawan, Natasha R.; Tessman, Marissa; Neelakantan, Nitin; Scofield, Gordon B.; Brizuela, Jose; Samoylov, Anton A.; Modi, Miheer; Shepherd, Jenna; Patel, Amal; Pomeroy, Robert S.; Pourahmady, Naser; Mayfield, Stephen P.; Burkart, Michael D.

doi:10.1002/app.53062

Renewable low viscosity polyester-polyols for biodegradable thermoplastic polyurethanes

Journal Article · Tue Sep 06 04:00:00 EDT 2022 · Journal of Applied Polymer Science

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/app.53062· OSTI ID:2418604

^[1]; Hai, Thien Phung ^[2]; Gunawan, Natasha R. ^[3]; Tessman, Marissa ^[3]; Neelakantan, Nitin ^[3]; Scofield, Gordon B. ^[3]; Brizuela, Jose ^[3]; Samoylov, Anton A. ^[2]; Modi, Miheer ^[2]; Shepherd, Jenna ^[2]; Patel, Amal ^[2]; Pomeroy, Robert S. ^[2]; Pourahmady, Naser ^[2]; Mayfield, Stephen P. ^[4]; ^[2]

Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States); OSTI
Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Algenesis Materials, San Diego, CA (United States)
Algenesis Materials, San Diego, CA (United States); Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

In the transition to renewably sourced, biodegradable polymers, the preparation of low viscosity polyester-polyols has posed a challenge for renewable polyurethane (PU) development. Low viscosity polyols not only reduce the requirement for high process temperatures but also decrease manufacturing time. In our efforts to incorporate increasing ratios of bio-based monomers into renewable PUs, we mixed diacids such as even carbon sebacic acid and odd carbon azelaic acid along with a renewable diol. This provided library of 2000 g/mol molecular weight polyester-polyols, and structures were established by ¹H and ¹³C NMR analysis. The prepared polyester-polyols offered lower viscosity and enable lower fabrication temperatures to make TPUs, and their structure and material metrics were evaluated. The formation of TPUs is ascertained from FTIR and NMR analysis. The final TPUs displayed good physical and mechanical properties. Further, these TPUs exhibited T_g in the range of -56.5 to -39.7°C, corresponding to TPU soft block structure, and T_m between 98.3 and 105.1°C originating from the hard segment. Prepared TPUs exhibit excellent biodegradation under compost environmental conditions. These TPUs showed up to 57% decrease in molecular weight by GPC analysis after 9 weeks of biodegradation, and respirometer analysis displayed up to 97% biodegradation over 120 days.

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Research Organization:: Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: EE0008246; EE0009295

OSTI ID:: 2418604

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1885628
OSTI ID: 2503944

Journal Information:: Journal of Applied Polymer Science, Journal Name: Journal of Applied Polymer Science Journal Issue: 43 Vol. 139; ISSN 0021-8995

Publisher:: WileyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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