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Improved degradation of lignocellulosic biomass pretreated by Fenton-like reaction using Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles

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The ability of Fe3O4 Fenton-like reaction to produce glucose from lignocellulosic biomass was investigated. Fe3O4 magnetite nanoparticles were chemically synthesized from iron salts (a mixture of 1 M FeCl2 and 2M FeCl3) using an ammonia solution (30% NH4OH). The synthesized Fe3O4 nanoparticles were further characterized by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy. Reed stems and rice straw biomasses pretreated with optimized Fenton-like reagents (Fe3O4 and H2O2) increased glucose production by 177 and 87%, respectively, compared to the control without the catalysts.

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    Hyunseok Koo, Bipinchandra K. Salunke, Bilal Iskandarani, Won-Gyun Oh & Beom Soo Kim

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Koo, H., Salunke, B.K., Iskandarani, B. et al. Improved degradation of lignocellulosic biomass pretreated by Fenton-like reaction using Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles. Biotechnol Bioproc E 22, 597–603 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12257-017-0225-x

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