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3D-Printed Boron-Nitrogen Doped Carbon Electrodes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment via MPECVD

Kaczmarzyk, Iwona; Szopińska, Malgorzata; Sokołowski, Patryk; Sabbatini, Simona; Strugala, Gabriel; Ryl, Jacek; Barucca, Gianni; Falås, Per; Bogdanowicz, Robert; Pierpaoli, Mattia

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Abstract

This study proposes a novel and sustainable method for fabricating 3D-printed carbon-based electrodes for electrochemical wastewater treatment. We prepared B,N-doped carbon electrodes with hierarchical porosity and a signifcantly enhanced surface area-to-volume ratio (up to 180%) compared to non-optimized analogues using a synergistic combination of 3D printing, phase inversion, and microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. This process allows the metal-free growth of vertically aligned carbon nanostructures directly onto polymer-derived substrates, resulting in a 20-fold increase in the electrochemically active surface area. Computational fuid dynamics simulations were used to improve mass transport and reduce pressure drop. Electrochemical characterization demonstrated that the optimized electrodes performed signifcantly better, achieving 4.7-, 4-, and 6.5-fold increases in the degradation rates of atenolol, metoprolol, and propranolol, respectively, during electrochemical oxidation. These results highlight the efcacy of the integrated fabrication and simulation approach in producing high-performance electrodes for sustainable wastewater treatment applications.

Keywords

Carbon nanowall ; Phase inversion ; Microwave plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition ; Electrochemical oxidation ; Additive manufacturing

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