Urbanization has driven the demand for fossil fuels, however, its overly exploited resource
has caused severe damage on environmental pollution. Biorefining using abundant …

Biocompatible ionic liquids (Bio-ILs) are an eco-and bio-friendly family of ionic liquids (ILs)
useful in applications ranging from the electrochemical to the biomedical fields. The most …

Effective pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) is one of the most important steps in
biorefinery, ensuring the quality and commercial viability of the overall bioprocess. Lignin …

Ionic liquids (ILs) have been increasingly exploited as solvents and/or reagents in many
applications due to their “green” properties as well as their tunable physicochemical and …

A two-stage deep eutectic solvents (DESs) treatment was shown to be an effective method
for improving the utilization of certain DESs, and the specific order of pretreatment, such as …

Lignocellulosic biomass has been used as starting materials in the process of producing
biofuels and chemicals. A pretreatment step is necessary to mitigate the inherent …

Biomass has emerged as an abundant and relatively low cost carbon resource alternative to
fossil fuel resources in the sustainable production of specialty chemicals and biofuel …

Global demand for renewable and sustainable energy fostered the considerable
development of biomass-to-ethanol valorization strategies. Thermochemical pretreatment …

We report an extremely biocompatible solvent for plant cell walls based on a polar liquid
zwitterion that dissolves cellulose, the most recalcitrant component of the plant cell walls …

Energy-efficient bioethanol production from plant biomass is in high demand, and one of the
most promising procedures reported to date is one-pot ethanol production, that is, the …