A Jatropha biomass as renewable materials for biocomposites and its applications

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H.P.S. Abdul Khalil, N.A. Sri Aprilia, A.H. Bhat, M. Jawaid, M.T. Paridah and D. Rudi

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2013, vol. 22, issue C, pages 667-685

Abstract: This review deals with the study of Jatropha biomass as renewable materials for biocomposites and its applications. Jatropha curcas is a multipurpose plant with many attributes and considerable potential. Jatropha plant is cultivated worldwide but it has specific cultivation area in Central and South America, Africa, and South Asia. The Jatropha plant produces many useful products, especially the seed from which oil can be extracted. Extracted oil has similar properties to palm oil and possible to obtain many products after processing. As biomass, Jatropha plant can used as a reinforcement in biocomposite development. Jatropha contain high amount of carbon especially in seed/husk, fruit shell and seed cake and can be used as filler in composite fabrication in the form of carbon black and activated carbon.

Keywords: Jatropha; Filler; Biocomposites; Nanoparticles; Applications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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