Applications of bacterial cellulose as precursor of carbon and composites with metal oxide, metal sulfide and metal nanoparticles: A review of recent advances

MARIA LAURA FORESTI; ANALIA VAZQUEZ; BRUNO BOURY

CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS

ELSEVIER SCI LTD

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2016 vol. 157 p. 447 - 457

0144-8617

tThis mini review is limited to very recent studies (last 5?10 years) on two major issues, concerning: theproduction and physical/chemical modification of bacterial cellulose (BC), and its transformation intocarbon and integrated synthesis of metal oxides (TiO2, ZnO, Fe3O4, etc.), metal sulfide (ZnS, CdS, etc.)and metal nanoparticles (Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, etc.) within bacterial cellulose nanoribbons network. We believethat the crossover of these two domains could be of considerable interest in the view of improving theperformance of materials prepared with bacterial cellulose. The diversity of these nanomaterials allowstargeting of many very different properties/applications: electrochemical devices, catalysis and photo-catalysis, sensors, etc. After an introduction to the most important chemical and physical characteristicsof BC, production parameters, and its physical and chemical modifications, we review the use of BC as aprecursor of inorganic materials like carbon and composites with metal or inorganic nanoparticles.