Research and Application of Biomass-Based Wood Flame Retardants: A Review

Wood is widely used as a construction material due to its many advantages, such as good mechanical properties, low production costs, and renewability. However, its flammability limits its use in construction. To solve the problem of wood flammability, the most common method to improve the fire safet...

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Main Authors: Yuqing Liang, Hao Jian, Chao Deng, Junxian Xu, Yang Liu, Heejun Park, Mingyu Wen, Yaoxing Sun
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Published: MDPI AG 2023-02-01
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author Yuqing Liang
Hao Jian
Chao Deng
Junxian Xu
Yang Liu
Heejun Park
Mingyu Wen
Yaoxing Sun
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Hao Jian
Chao Deng
Junxian Xu
Yang Liu
Heejun Park
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Yaoxing Sun
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description Wood is widely used as a construction material due to its many advantages, such as good mechanical properties, low production costs, and renewability. However, its flammability limits its use in construction. To solve the problem of wood flammability, the most common method to improve the fire safety of wood is to modify the wood by deep impregnation or surface coating with flame retardants. Therefore, many researchers have found that environmentally friendly and low-cost biomass materials can be used as a source of green flame retardants. Two aspects of biomass-based intumescent flame retardants are summarized in this paper. On the one hand, biomass is used as one of the three sources or as a flame-retardant synergist in combination with other flame retardants, which are called composite biomass intumescent flame retardants. On the other hand, biomass is used alone as a feedstock to produce all-biomass intumescent flame retardants. In addition, the potential of biomass-based materials as an environmentally friendly and low-cost FR source to produce high-performance biomass-based flame retardants with improved technology was also discussed in detail. The development of biomass-based intumescent flame retardants represents a viable and promising approach for the efficient and environmentally friendly production of biomass-based flame retardants.
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spelling doaj.art-6ad35c03c1a14bc28c8049e453519aa42023-11-16T22:52:08ZengMDPI AGPolymers2073-43602023-02-0115495010.3390/polym15040950Research and Application of Biomass-Based Wood Flame Retardants: A ReviewYuqing Liang0Hao Jian1Chao Deng2Junxian Xu3Yang Liu4Heejun Park5Mingyu Wen6Yaoxing Sun7Department of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, ChinaDepartment of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, ChinaDepartment of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, ChinaDepartment of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, ChinaDepartment of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, ChinaDepartment of Housing Environmental Design, and Research Institute of Human Ecology, College of Human Ecology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, ChinaDepartment of Wood Material Science and Engineering Key Laboratory, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihua University, Jilin 132013, ChinaWood is widely used as a construction material due to its many advantages, such as good mechanical properties, low production costs, and renewability. However, its flammability limits its use in construction. To solve the problem of wood flammability, the most common method to improve the fire safety of wood is to modify the wood by deep impregnation or surface coating with flame retardants. Therefore, many researchers have found that environmentally friendly and low-cost biomass materials can be used as a source of green flame retardants. Two aspects of biomass-based intumescent flame retardants are summarized in this paper. On the one hand, biomass is used as one of the three sources or as a flame-retardant synergist in combination with other flame retardants, which are called composite biomass intumescent flame retardants. On the other hand, biomass is used alone as a feedstock to produce all-biomass intumescent flame retardants. In addition, the potential of biomass-based materials as an environmentally friendly and low-cost FR source to produce high-performance biomass-based flame retardants with improved technology was also discussed in detail. The development of biomass-based intumescent flame retardants represents a viable and promising approach for the efficient and environmentally friendly production of biomass-based flame retardants.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/15/4/950wood materialsintumescent flame retardantbiomasssynergistic flame retardantenvironmentally-friendly
spellingShingle Yuqing Liang
Hao Jian
Chao Deng
Junxian Xu
Yang Liu
Heejun Park
Mingyu Wen
Yaoxing Sun
Research and Application of Biomass-Based Wood Flame Retardants: A Review
Polymers
wood materials
intumescent flame retardant
biomass
synergistic flame retardant
environmentally-friendly
title Research and Application of Biomass-Based Wood Flame Retardants: A Review
title_full Research and Application of Biomass-Based Wood Flame Retardants: A Review
title_fullStr Research and Application of Biomass-Based Wood Flame Retardants: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Research and Application of Biomass-Based Wood Flame Retardants: A Review
title_short Research and Application of Biomass-Based Wood Flame Retardants: A Review
title_sort research and application of biomass based wood flame retardants a review
topic wood materials
intumescent flame retardant
biomass
synergistic flame retardant
environmentally-friendly
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