Cellulose-Based Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch as an Alternative Filler for Latex Application: A Review

Abstract

Cellulose is a natural polymer with good properties that have caught researchers' attention to utilize these natural resources' potential. Cellulose also has been widely used as an alternative filler to replace inorganic filler in polymer composites. This review discussed the extraction of cellulose from oil palm empty fruit bunch (OPEFB). This review focused on the OPEFB due to the emergence of palm oil plantations which creates a high amount of biomass, whereas OPEFB is one of the major contributors. The utilization of cellulose application in the polymer focused on alternative fillers in latex application. The postulate crosslink mechanism in latex films is also described to highlight the potential of OPEFB as fillers in latex application. The utilization of OPEFB cellulose has the potential to be explore as bio-fillers with also impact the crosslinks mechanism in latex system which can improved the properties in latex composites.