journal article·2026-03

Antimony (Sb) Recycling from Wastewater to Supercapacitor Electrode Using Ordered Porous Amidoxime‐Polyacrylonitrile: Chemical Evolution and Transformation Mechanism

Yonghui Tu, Xiaoxiao Yu, Yangbo Qiu, Long‐Fei Ren, He Li, Guangzhi Hu, Jiahui Shao, Liang Wu, Xinyuan Zhu

Advanced Functional Materials· Volume 36· Issue 19
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Abstract

Abstract Exhausted adsorbents from Sb‐laden wastewater are hazardous and generally landfilled. This study presents that exhausted Sb adsorbents can be thermally reduced and recycled as supercapacitor electrode. Specifically, ordered hierarchical porous amidoxime‐polyacrylonitrile (OHPAPAN) is synthesized for highly efficient Sb(V) ions adsorption and then thermal conversion of exhausted OHPAPAN to Sb‐contained char, rendering excellent electrochemical activity. Sb 0 atom clusters are found to form during recycling process by X‐ray absorption spectroscopy (XAFS), along with Sb oxide with average valence of +2.63. The 4d and 4p orbital of Sb cluster exhibits abundant electron state in Fermi level and valence band, making a pseudocapacitive contribution. Moreover, ordered hierarchical pore is confirmed to be inherited in the char from OHPAPAN, further enhancing electrical double layer capacitance. Coordination configuration of Sb and N/O becomes more stable from sexadentate (coordinate atom distance of 1.98 and 2.66 Å) in OHPAPAN to ≈2 N/O ligands in Sb‐contained char (1.97 Å), underlining the shorter atom distance and higher orbital energy for Sb immobilization. Consequently, the capacitance maintains 96.1% after 6000 cycles, indicating that its excellent stability can rival relevant commercial electrode. This study offers a novel insight that Sb mineral sources can be derived from industrial wastewater, not just mining activity.
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OpenAlex topics: Arsenic contamination and mitigation · Supercapacitor Materials and Fabrication · Carbon and Quantum Dots Applications

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Affiliations

School of Environmental Science and Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 P. R. China

School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Shanghai Jiao Tong University 800 Dongchuan Road Shanghai 200240 P. R. China

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering National University of Singapore 4 Engineering Drive 4 Singapore 117585 Singapore

Institute for Ecological Research and Pollution Control of Plateau Lakes Yunnan University No. 2 Cuihu North Road Kunming Yunnan 650504 P. R. China

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China · Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai Municipality

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