The potential use of lignin as a platform product in biorefineries: A review

JA Poveda-Giraldo, JC Solarte-Toro… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignin is widely available in biomass sources, and the aromatic structure can justify its use
as a precursor or platform for obtaining value-added compounds. However, lignin is …

[HTML][HTML] Depolymerization and conversion of lignin to value-added bioproducts by microbial and enzymatic catalysis

C Weng, X Peng, Y Han - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 - Springer
Lignin, the most abundant renewable aromatic compound in nature, is an excellent
feedstock for value-added bioproducts manufacturing; while the intrinsic heterogeneity and …

Chemicals from lignin: an interplay of lignocellulose fractionation, depolymerisation, and upgrading

W Schutyser, T Renders, S Van den Bosch… - Chemical society …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In pursuit of more sustainable and competitive biorefineries, the effective valorisation of
lignin is key. An alluring opportunity is the exploitation of lignin as a resource for chemicals …

Circular economy aspects of lignin: towards a lignocellulose biorefinery

VK Garlapati, AK Chandel, SPJ Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignin is the second most abundant polymer, which comprises15-30%(dry weight) of total
lignocellulosic biomass. Recent studies focused on the effective utilization of lignin …

A review on co-cultivation of microalgae with filamentous fungi: Efficient harvesting, wastewater treatment and biofuel production

R Chu, S Li, L Zhu, Z Yin, D Hu, C Liu, F Mo - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the third generation biofuel feedstock to confront with energy crisis, microalgae have
great potential for the exploration of renewable energy fields, whereas the high cost related …

Innovation and strategic orientations for the development of advanced biorefineries

G Dragone, AAJ Kerssemakers, JLSP Driessen… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Advanced biorefineries, which aim at valorizing biomass (from agriculture, forestry,
aquaculture, among others) into a wide spectrum of products and bioenergy, are seen today …

Opportunities and challenges in biological lignin valorization

GT Beckham, CW Johnson, EM Karp… - Current opinion in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignin is a primary component of lignocellulosic biomass that is an underutilized feedstock
in the growing biofuels industry. Despite the fact that lignin depolymerization has long been …

[HTML][HTML] A field of dreams: Lignin valorization into chemicals, materials, fuels, and health-care products

J Becker, C Wittmann - Biotechnology Advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignin is one of the most abundant renewable resources on earth and is readily produced as
a sidestream during biomass fractioning. So far, these large quantities of lignin have been …

[HTML][HTML] Transforming biorefinery designs with 'Plug-In Processes of Lignin'to enable economic waste valorization

ZH Liu, N Hao, YY Wang, C Dou, F Lin, R Shen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Biological lignin valorization has emerged as a major solution for sustainable and cost-
effective biorefineries. However, current biorefineries yield lignin with inadequate …

Structural characterization of lignin and its degradation products with spectroscopic methods

Y Lu, YC Lu, HQ Hu, FJ Xie, XY Wei… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin is highly branched phenolic polymer and accounts 15–30% by weight of
lignocellulosic biomass (LCBM). The acceptable molecular structure of lignin is composed …