In
the recent decade, a strong push toward development of more
biobased binders for coating applications as part of the transition
toward independence from nonrenewable fossil-based raw materials has
been seen. Here we present a biobased epoxy lignin/rapeseed fatty
acid derivative (eFA-L), which has been applied in coating systems,
leading to coatings with >97% biobased content and Y = 130 MPa. To approach the strength of classical epoxy systems,
a series of bimodal systems, containing low molecular weight adducts
of biobased diglycidyl furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DGFDC) and fossil-based
diglycidylether bisphenol A (DGEBA) were prepared. In these bimodal
systems, it was shown that DGEBA contributes to higher mechanical
strength compared to DGFDC at equivalent cross-linking density, which
was attributed to increased π–π stacking interactions.
The biobased bimodal binder system composed of eFA-L and DGFDC (30
wt %) resulted in a coating with a biobased content of 93 wt %, Y = 440 MPa, and T
g > 50
°C.
Better mechanical properties (Y = 700 MPa) were achieved by use of
DGEBA (30 wt %), but it results in a significant reduction in biobased
content to 62 wt %.
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