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A novel deep eutectic solvent–mediated Fenton-like system for pretreatment of water hyacinth and biobutanol production

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To facilitate depolymerization of cellulose into fermentable sugars, a novel deep eutectic solvent (DES)–mediated Fenton-like system was developed for efficient removal of hemicellulose and lignin components from lignocellulosic biomass. Water hyacinth (WH) was treated with the newly synthesized DES (choline chloride-ethylene glycol-FeCl3; ChCl-EG-FeCl3) at 140 °C for 2 h and then subjected to treatment with 32 mL 30 wt% H2O2 (Fe3+: H2O2 = 1:50 mol·mol–1) for 1 h in a Fenton-like reaction system (DES/H2O2). Hydrolysate containing 28 g·L–1 glucose was obtained, which was 19.6- and 1.6-fold of raw WH and WH pretreated by DES, respectively. The DES/H2O2-WH hydrolysate was further evaluated for butanol fermentation; no significant inhibition was observed on butanol production, giving butanol titer of 8.3 g·L–1, along with a yield of 0.18 g·g–1 glucose and a productivity of 0.12 g·L–1·h–1. Remarkably, DES could be recovered and recycled for five consecutive batches.

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We are grateful to the National Key Research and Development Program (2018YFA0901700, 2019YFA0906400), National Natural Science Foundation of China (22077054, 22078127), Open Funding Project of the Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education (KLIBKF202101), and Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities (111–2-06) for the financial support of this research.

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    Lei Gong, Xingyue Wu, Shuo Wang, Yuansong Xiu, Jinjun Dong, Guochao Xu & Ye Ni

  2. Institute of Urban & Rural Mining, Analysis and Testing Center, School of Food Science and Technology, National-Local Joint Engineering Research Center of Biomass Refining and High-Quality Utilization, Changzhou University, Changzhou, 213164, Jiangsu, China

    Lei Gong, Yongdan Wang & Jie Zhu

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Gong, L., Wu, X., Wang, Y. et al. A novel deep eutectic solvent–mediated Fenton-like system for pretreatment of water hyacinth and biobutanol production. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 14, 8341–8351 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-022-02940-0

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