The demands of energy sustainability drive efforts to bio-chemical conversion of biomass into biofuels through pretreatment, enzymatic hydrolysis, and microbial fermentation …
Background Lignin, nature's dominant aromatic polymer, is found in most terrestrial plants in the approximate range of 15 to 40% dry weight and provides structural integrity …
Ionic liquids (ILs), defined as low-melting organic salts, are a novel class of compounds with unique properties and a combinatorially great chemical diversity. ILs are utilized as …
Z Wang, PJ Deuss - Biotechnology Advances, 2023 - Elsevier
Searching for renewable alternatives for fossil carbon resources to produce chemicals, fuels and materials is essential for the development of a sustainable society. Lignin, a major …
Abstract Effects of process parameters on the yield and chemical profile of bio-oil from fast pyrolysis of lignin and the processes for lignin-derived bio-oil upgrading were reviewed …
The issues over increases in energy demand and environmental pollution attributed to excessive use of fossil fuel have been the driving forces of the exploration for eco-friendly …
F Cheng, CE Brewer - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
Jet turbine fuels have not been completely replaced by biomass-derived fuels due, in part, to the lack of the aromatic and cycloalkane hydrocarbons in bio-jet fuels. Such molecules play …
F Hu, S Jung, A Ragauskas - Bioresource technology, 2012 - Elsevier
Pseudo-lignin, which can be broadly defined as aromatic material that yields a positive Klason lignin value and is not derived from native lignin, has been recently reported to form …