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Penicillin fermentation residue biochar as a high-performance electrode for membrane capacitive deionization

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Membrane capacitive deionization (MCDI) is an efficient desalination technology for brine. Penicillin fermentation residue biochar (PFRB) possesses a hierarchical porous and O/N-doped structure which could serve as a high-capacity desalination electrode in the MCDI system. Under optimal conditions (electrode weight, voltage, and concentration) and a carbonization temperature of 700 °C, the maximum salt adsorption capacity of the electrode can reach 26.4 mg/g, which is higher than that of most carbon electrodes. Furthermore, the electrochemical properties of the PFRB electrode were characterized through cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) with a maximum specific capacitance of 212.18 F/g. Finally, biotoxicity tests have showed that PFRB was non-biotoxin against luminescent bacteria and the MCDI system with the PFRB electrode remained stable even after 27 adsorption—desorption cycles. This study provides a novel way to recycle penicillin residue and an electrode that can achieve excellent desalination.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (China) (Nos. B2021208035, B2020208064, and E2020208054).

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  1. School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China

    Jie Liu, Junjun Ma, Weizhang Zhong, Jianrui Niu, Zaixing Li, Xiaoju Wang, Ge Shen & Chun Liu

  2. Pollution Prevention Biotechnology Laboratory of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China

    Jie Liu, Junjun Ma, Weizhang Zhong, Jianrui Niu, Zaixing Li, Xiaoju Wang, Ge Shen & Chun Liu

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• We have provided an activated method to remove the toxicity of antibiotic residue.

• PFRB can greatly improve the salt adsorption capacity of MCDI.

• The hierarchical porous and abundant O/N-doped played the key role for the high-capacity desalination.

• A new field of reuse of penicillin fermentation residue has been developed.

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Liu, J., Ma, J., Zhong, W. et al. Penicillin fermentation residue biochar as a high-performance electrode for membrane capacitive deionization. Front. Environ. Sci. Eng. 17, 51 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11783-023-1651-y

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