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Base activation of persulfate: an effective pretreatment method to enhance glucose production from lignocellulosic biomass

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Pretreatment is a necessary process in biorefineries to overcome recalcitrance of biomass and enhance its conversion efficiency for further transformation. NaOH activation of Na2S2O8, which merges alkaline pretreatment and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) into one process, was performed at room temperature (25 °C) within a short duration (60 min). High concentration of NaOH plays a critically important role in NaOH–Na2S2O8 pretreatment, which not only selectively removed hemicellulose in the lignocellulosic feedstock, but also activated Na2S2O8 to produce strong oxidative radicals, leading to disruption of lignin matrix. The surface area and porosity for the pretreated feedstock were significantly increased compared with those of the pristine counterpart. After pretreatment by 5.12 M NaOH and 0.85 M Na2S2O8, the maximum glucose yield of the feedstock was increased by 47.4% compared with that of pristine counterpart (60.3% vs. 40.9%). This study provides an effective and easily-realizable pretreatment method for the utilization of lignocellulosic biomass.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars of Tianjin (No. 17JCJQJC45500), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC Nos. 21876091 and 21577073), Tianjin Municipal Science and Technology Project (18PTZWHZ00150) and the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (No. 19JCQNJC13800).

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    Jirui Yang, Xiaoqi Wang & Feng Shen

  2. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nankai University, No. 38, Tongyan Road, Jinnan District, 300350, Tianjin, China

    Xinhua Qi

  3. National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomass Resource Utilization, Tianjin, 300350, China

    Xinhua Qi

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Yang, J., Wang, X., Shen, F. et al. Base activation of persulfate: an effective pretreatment method to enhance glucose production from lignocellulosic biomass. Cellulose 28, 4039–4051 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10570-021-03796-9

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