Sohail Mohammad, Khan Sanaullah, Saleem Khan M, Ullah Ihsan, Omer Muhammad, Saeed Noor, Sultana Sabiha, Adnan Adnan, Shahzad Adnan, Sayyed Mian Gul
Institute of Chemical Sciences, University of Swat, KP, Pakistan.
National Center of Excellence in Physical Chemistry, University of Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
Heliyon. 2021 Feb 2;7(2):e06148. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06148. eCollection 2021 Feb.
Natural resources are non-renewable and facing a regular depletion due to their immense use which demands new and additional material's reserves, recycling technologies and materials with no or less bad environmental effects. Reuse of waste materials will be rewarding technically, economically and environmentally. Here, we report the incorporation of industrial ceramic wastes in polymer matrix as composite materials to investigate their potentials for various applications. Ceramic wastes were collected from the premises of ceramic producing industries located at Peshawar (Pakistan). The composites of ceramic particles and polyaniline (PANI) were produced via free polymerization technique. SEM and FT-IR analysis confirmed composite formation. Thermal, dielectric and mechanical properties of the prepared materials were studied. It was found that both the constituent materials (ceramic and polymer) have a synergistic effect on each other. At one hand, ceramic wastes support and enhance the thermal and mechanical properties of the polymer in composites and the polymer in turn beautify the wastes with good dielectric and electrical properties. Based on their properties, the low cost and environmentally friendly novel composites could be used for various applications such as semi-conductors, capacitors and microwave devices.
自然资源是不可再生的，由于其大量使用正面临着常规性的枯竭，这就需要新的和额外的材料储备、回收技术以及对环境影响小或无不良环境影响的材料。废旧材料的再利用在技术、经济和环境方面都将是有益的。在此，我们报道了将工业陶瓷废料掺入聚合物基体中作为复合材料，以研究它们在各种应用中的潜力。陶瓷废料是从位于白沙瓦（巴基斯坦）的陶瓷生产企业场地收集的。通过自由基聚合技术制备了陶瓷颗粒与聚苯胺（PANI）的复合材料。扫描电子显微镜（SEM）和傅里叶变换红外光谱（FT-IR）分析证实了复合材料的形成。对所制备材料的热性能、介电性能和力学性能进行了研究。发现两种组成材料（陶瓷和聚合物）相互之间具有协同效应。一方面，陶瓷废料支撑并增强了复合材料中聚合物的热性能和力学性能，而聚合物反过来又赋予废料良好的介电和电学性能从而美化了废料。基于它们的性能，这种低成本且环保的新型复合材料可用于各种应用，如半导体、电容器和微波器件。
