FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FROM PAPER WASTES. V. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES OF POWDER CELLULOSES ISOLATED FROM WASTE PAPER AND SILVER NANOPARTICLES

Hybrid nanocomposites of powder celluloses (PCs) isolated from newsprint and cardboard waste containing silver nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized using the diffusion-reduction method. The reduction of silver from solutions of its salt was carried out under heterogeneous conditions using trisodium citrate as a reducer. Molar ratio (MR) of PC/silver varied from 20 to 40. The mechanism of silver NPs formation and stabilization in the reduction process was considered. The hybrid nanocomposites were studied by IR-Fourier spectroscopy, high-resolution 13С NMR spectroscopy in a solid phase, wide-angle X-ray scattering, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis (EDRA). It was shown that the silver particles had spherical shape and their size on the surface of the PC was mostly less than 100 nm. The silver content in the nanocomposites ranged from 1.2 to 7.3 wt.%. The preparation of NPs did not change in the structural modification of cellulose I after the reaction. During the modification of PCs with silver nanoparticles, the cellulose matrix was involved in a redox process, which was accompanied by the formation of new intermolecular bonds between the NPs and the matrix.