Three-Dimensional Printing with Biomass-Derived PEF for Carbon-Neutral Manufacturing

Fedor A Kucherov; Evgeny G Gordeev; Alexey S Kashin; Valentine P Ananikov

doi:10.1002/anie.201708528

Three-Dimensional Printing with Biomass-Derived PEF for Carbon-Neutral Manufacturing

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Dec 11;56(50):15931-15935. doi: 10.1002/anie.201708528. Epub 2017 Oct 19.

Authors

Fedor A Kucherov¹, Evgeny G Gordeev¹, Alexey S Kashin¹, Valentine P Ananikov¹

Affiliation

¹ Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 47, Moscow, 119991, Russia.

PMID: 28977731
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201708528

Abstract

Biomass-derived poly(ethylene-2,5-furandicarboxylate) (PEF) has been used for fused deposition modeling (FDM) 3D printing. A complete cycle from cellulose to the printed object has been performed. The printed PEF objects created in the present study show higher chemical resistance than objects printed with commonly available materials (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS), polylactic acid (PLA), glycol-modified poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PETG)). The studied PEF polymer has shown key advantages for 3D printing: optimal adhesion, thermoplasticity, lack of delamination and low heat shrinkage. The high thermal stability of PEF and relatively low temperature that is necessary for extrusion are optimal for recycling printed objects and minimizing waste. Several successive cycles of 3D printing and recycling were successfully shown. The suggested approach for extending additive manufacturing to carbon-neutral materials opens a new direction in the field of sustainable development.

Keywords: biomass; carbon-neutral cycle; polymer chemistry; sustainable chemistry; three-dimensional printing.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't