Preparation and Application of Sustainable Electrospun Nanofibers
A special issue of Fibers (ISSN 2079-6439).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 August 2025 | Viewed by 105
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Interests: activated carbons; nanostructured carbons; electrospinning; pyrolysis; supercapacitors; oxygen reduction reaction; electrocatalysts; kinetic modelling
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Interests: functional carbon materials; carbon fibers; electrospinning; lignin; heterogeneous catalysis; liquid/gas phase adsorption
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electrospinning is a versatile and scalable technique that produces nanofibers by applying a high-voltage electric field to a polymer solution with suitable viscosity and surface tension. The resulting nanofibers are collected as membranes or fabrics, which can even be thermally treated to produce ceramic or carbon fibers. Their high surface area, porosity, and controllable chemical composition enable their use in diverse fields such as medicine, reinforcement materials, energy storage, and environmental applications. In all these areas, process sustainability is crucial to support the transition to a decarbonized economy. However, the polymers and solvents used in fiber production are often obtained from fossil sources, negatively impacting the life cycle assessment of the materials and processes where they are applied. Additionally, little attention is given to managing electrospun nanofibers at the end of their life cycle. It is essential to evaluate electrospinning-based synthesis processes and their applications through the lens of green chemistry principles, aiming to conserve resources and use renewable raw materials.
This Special Issue seeks to bring together researchers working on the preparation and application of electrospun nanofibers to encourage them to revise their processes for improved sustainability and share their latest findings. Special attention will be given to using natural polymers in fiber synthesis and processes that enhance preparation yield, reducing the need for raw materials. Other topics include reducing or replacing fossil-based solvents with renewable alternatives, recovering and reusing traditionally evaporated solvents during synthesis, and exploring the reuse, recovery, and recycling of electrospun nanofibers at the end of their life cycle, as well as other issues that fall within the subject covered by the title of the Special Issue.
Dr. Ramiro Rafael Ruiz Rosas
Dr. Francisco José García-Mateos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- electrospinning
- nanofibers
- sustainability
- renewable feedstocks
- green chemistry
- circular economy
- re-use, recycle, recover
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