Repository logo

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne

Infoscience

  • English
  • French
Log In
  1. Home
  2. Academic and Research Output
  3. Journal articles
  4. Recyclable flame retardant phosphonated epoxy based thermosets enabled via a reactive approach
 
research article

Recyclable flame retardant phosphonated epoxy based thermosets enabled via a reactive approach

Klingler, Wenyu Wu
•
Rougier, Valentin  
•
Huang, Zhenyu
Show more
April 25, 2023
Chemical Engineering Journal

The development of reusable fire-safe polymers with a prolonged lifetime heralds the switch for a transition towards circular economy. In this framework, we report a novel phosphonated thermoset which is composed of networked phosphonate esters containing both P-C and P-O bonds. Employing a simple one-pot, two-step synthetic methodology, oxirane groups of the epoxy resin were partially reacted with various amounts of reactive bis H-phosphonate monomer, and cured with a cycloaliphatic hardener to obtain multifunctional thermosets with up to 8% phosphorus (P) content. Though 2.5% P was adequate to achieve good flame retardancy, a concentration > 5% P was necessary for accomplishing material reprocessability and recyclability. These phosphonated thermosets exhibited high Tg (94 degrees C - 140 degrees C) and good thermal stability. Fire performance of the thermoset with 2.5% P via cone calorimetry showed effective reduction in the peak heat release rate (pHRR, 75%) and significant inhibition of total smoke production (TSP, 72.5%), which was attributed to the gas and condense phase actions of the phosphonate moieties. This thermoset was explored as a transparent fire-safe coating on wood where an intumescent flame retardant mechanism was observed. The phosphonated thermoset with higher P content (6%) demonstrated excellent damage reparability and thermomechanical reprocessability driven by transesterification induced network rearrangement. This thermoset was used for manufacturing flax fiber reinforced composite, to demonstrate its future application as a polymer matrix for composite materials.

  • Details
  • Metrics
Type
research article
DOI
10.1016/j.cej.2023.143051
Web of Science ID

WOS:000989090000001

Author(s)
Klingler, Wenyu Wu
Rougier, Valentin  
Huang, Zhenyu
Parida, Dambarudhar
Lehner, Sandro
Casutt, Andri
Rentsch, Daniel
Hedlund, Karin Brandli
Barandun, Gion Andrea
Michaud, Veronique  
Show more
Date Issued

2023-04-25

Publisher

ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA

Published in
Chemical Engineering Journal
Volume

466

Article Number

143051

Subjects

Engineering, Environmental

•

Engineering, Chemical

•

Engineering

•

flame retardant epoxy thermoset

•

phosphonate dynamic bonds

•

reparability and reprocessability

•

fire-safe coating

•

flame retardant mechanism

•

flax fiber reinforced composite

•

mechanical-properties

•

vitrimers

•

recovery

•

networks

•

access

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

EPFL

EPFL units
LPAC  
Available on Infoscience
June 5, 2023
Use this identifier to reference this record
https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/198058
Logo EPFL, École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
  • Contact
  • infoscience@epfl.ch

  • Follow us on Facebook
  • Follow us on Instagram
  • Follow us on LinkedIn
  • Follow us on X
  • Follow us on Youtube
AccessibilityLegal noticePrivacy policyCookie settingsEnd User AgreementGet helpFeedback

Infoscience is a service managed and provided by the Library and IT Services of EPFL. © EPFL, tous droits réservés