Revealing the flame retardancy mechanism of highly transparent cellulose nanopapers fabricated by vacuum filtration assisted layer-by-layer deposition

We fabricate transparent cellulose nanopapers with significantly enhanced flame retardancy by a vacuum filtration assisted layer-by-layer deposition method. Flame retardancy is enhanced by increasing the layer-by-layer thickness while not hampering optical transparency of the nanopapers. Thermal degradation and combustion behaviors show that the nanopapers have been successfully functionalized by phosphorus and amine compounds that act...