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BIOMASS & BIOENERGY
卷 168, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2022.106675
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Hyperbranched polyglycerols; Heat transfer; Thermal decomposition; ReaxFF simulation; Methoxylation
This study investigated the thermal decomposition mechanism of hyperbranched polyglycerols (hbPGs) using thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, gas chromatography, mass spectroscopy, and reactive force-field techniques. The results revealed that hydroxyl groups played a crucial role in catalyzing thermal decomposition and dehydroxylation significantly improved the thermal stability of hbPGs.
Molecular structure of hyperbranched polyglycerols (hbPGs) strongly affected the thermal stability as the critical heat transfer medium to maintain thermal homeostasis during working of heat engine. Here, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)-fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)-gas chromatography (GC)-mass spectroscopy (MS) and reactive force-field (ReaxFF) techniques were utilized to identify major thermal decomposition prod-ucts and explore the molecular mechanism. TGA-FTIR-GC/MS results showed that the major products were CO, CO2, water molecules and C3 organic moieties. To perform ReaxFF molecular dynamic simulation, timestep-dependent images revealed that C3 molecules were mainly originated from glycerol units and hydroxyl groups played an essential role in catalyzing thermal decomposition. To examine our hypothesis, different methoxylation levels of hbPGs were prepared, and TGA analysis of these methoxylated hbPGs polymers clearly corroborated that lower percentage of hydroxyl groups in the hbPGs can significantly increase maximum peak temperature from-400 degrees C to-460 degrees C. Our investigation clearly provided the molecular mechanism of hbPGs thermal decomposition and identified a potential way to improve thermal stability of hbPGs.
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