PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE NANOFIBER FROM PINEAPPLE LEAF BY

TEMPO-MEDIATED OXIDATION
Bella Illona Siregar1, Evi Savitri Iriani2, Farah Fahma1
1

Department of Agroindustrial Technology, Bogor Agricultural University

Indonesian Center for Agricultural Post Harvest Research and Development,

Ministry of Agriculture

Cellulose is biopolymer that has high availability in nature such as wood or non-wood plants. It
can be processed to cellulose nanofiber with diameter less than 100 nm, characterized by strong
integrity, high aspect ratio, porous, biodegradable, and high economy value. Pineapple (Ananas
comosus) leaf is one of potential cellulose non-wood plant source. TEMPO-mediated oxidation
is becoming popular nowadays as nanofiber preparation technique. Sodium hypochlorite
(NaClO) is primary oxidant used in this method to increase the amount of C6-carboxylate
group,which is believed can improve nanofiber integrity. This research aimed to analyze the
effect of NaClO varied percentage used in the process on the amount of C6-carboxylate group.
Cellulose fibers from pineapple leaf was oxidized with NaClO in catalytic amounts of sodium
bromide and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl radical (TEMPO) under various conditions
(2.5, 4, and 5 mmol NaClO per gram cellulose). The properties of cellulose nanofibers
obtained were evaluated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR),
Transmission and scanning electron microscope (TEM and SEM), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD).
Keywords: cellulose; nanofiber; pineapple leaf; TEMPO-Mediated Oxidation