A review on trends in lignin extraction and valorization of lignocellulosic biomass for energy applications

DR Lobato-Peralta, E Duque-Brito… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The various lignin isolation methods and pretreatments are continuously developing and
thermochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass and tuning of the activation …

A review on lignin-based polymeric, micro-and nano-structured materials

A Duval, M Lawoko - Reactive and Functional Polymers, 2014 - Elsevier
Next to cellulose, lignin is the second most abundant biopolymer, and the main source of
aromatic structures on earth. It is a phenolic macromolecule, with a complex structure which …

Fractionation of industrial lignins: opportunities and challenges

M Gigli, C Crestini - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin is a readily available yet heavily underutilised resource due to its severe degree of
variability related to the plant source and to the processes employed for its isolation. Being …

Perspective on technical lignin fractionation

H Sadeghifar, A Ragauskas - ACS sustainable chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Technical lignin extracted from pulping and biorefining processes provides a class of
complex and polydisperse phenolic polymers. Preparation of lignin with lower structural …

Lignin fractionation: Effective strategy to reduce molecule weight dependent heterogeneity for upgraded lignin valorization

T Pang, G Wang, H Sun, W Sui, C Si - Industrial crops and products, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional pulping processes and emerging lignocellulosic biorefineries provide a large
quantity of lignin with heterogeneous characters, including complex chemical structure and …

Softwood kraft lignin: Raw material for the future

G Gellerstedt - Industrial Crops and Products, 2015 - Elsevier
Large quantities of kraft lignin are formed in the pulp industry. Although the vast majority is
used for internal energy production at mill sites, modern pulping technology allows for a …

[HTML][HTML] Aqueous acetone fractionation of kraft, organosolv and soda lignins

J Domínguez-Robles, T Tamminen, T Liitiä… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Technical lignins are structurally heterogeneous and polydisperse. This work describes the
use of a simple and green method for lignin fractionation, using different proportions of …

Structural and molecular-weight-dependency in the formation of lignin nanoparticles from fractionated soft-and hardwood lignins

IV Pylypchuk, A Riazanova, ME Lindström… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of lignin from forests as a renewable resource is a greener alternative to the
petrochemical industry and accelerates the progress towards the development of more …

Aqueous organic solvent fractionation as means to improve lignin homogeneity and purity

AS Jääskeläinen, T Liitiä, A Mikkelson… - Industrial crops and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lignin's heterogeneous polymeric structure limits its utilisation in high-value applications.
This paper describes a protocol for kraft lignin precipitation fractionation from aqueous …

Kraft Lignin: A Valuable, Sustainable Resource, Opportunities and Challenges

DDS Argyropoulos, C Crestini, C Dahlstrand… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Kraft lignin, a by‐product from the production of pulp, is currently incinerated in the recovery
boiler during the chemical recovery cycle, generating valuable bioenergy and recycling …