Research advancement in molten salt-mediated thermochemical upcycling of biomass waste

Y Shen, X Yuan - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The thermochemical upcycling of biomass into high value-added fuels and carbon materials
in molten salts has attracted much attention in recent years. Molten salts have a wide variety …

Organosolv biorefinery: resource-based process optimisation, pilot technology scale-up and economics

G Tofani, EJ Grojzdek, M Grilc, B Likozar - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review aims to describe the status of the scaling up of organosolv treatment. It is
a process where various lignocellulosic materials are fractionated, selective …

Fully upgrade lignocellulose to three nanomaterials by combinational pretreatment: Refining straw waste to pesticide nanocarrier

F Shen, C He, Y Wang, J Hu, M Huang, L Zhao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
To achieve the maximum value from lignocellulosic biomass, an integrated biorefinery
based on molecule-level design is required. In this study, a combination of hydrothermal …

A role of biomaterials in tissue engineering and drug encapsulation

R Agrawal, S Singh, KK Saxena… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The paper provides an introduction to biomaterials covered and their available types, such
as metal, ceramic, polymer, and composites. Biomaterials are structures, devices, or …

A novel ternary deep eutectic solvent pretreatment for the efficient separation and conversion of high-quality gutta-percha, value-added lignin and monosaccharide …

CJ Duan, X Han, YH Chang, J Xu, GL Yue… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
A novel ternary deep eutectic solvent (DES), consisted of choline chloride, oxalic acid and
ethylene glycol, was developed as a green, low-cost and recyclable pretreatment system for …

A review of thermal and thermocatalytic valorization of food waste

EO Ebikade, S Sadula, Y Gupta, DG Vlachos - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Food waste (FW) remains a global challenge due to the increasing demand for food
production to support a growing global population and the lack of effective waste …

Production of high-yield 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from crystalline cellulose via one-pot conversion in molten salt hydrate/acetone and separation

Q Ma, M Guan, D Fan, E Jiang - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) is a crucial biomss-derived fuel precursor with versatile
conversion pathways to advanced fuels. However, direct production of 5-HMF from …

Synergistic catalysis of species in molten salt hydrate for conversion of cellulose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

G Liu, Y Xie, C Wei, C Liu, F Song, X Sun, Y Zhang… - Biomass and …, 2022 - Elsevier
The one-pot approach was developed by using molten salt hydrate consisting of ZnCl 2· 4H
2 O and LiCl· 3H 2 O to produce 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) from cellulose. Cellulose …

Conversion of agricultural and forestry biomass into bioethanol, water-soluble polysaccharides, and lignin nanoparticles by an integrated phosphoric acid plus …

X Wan, J Liu, Y Zhang, D Tian, Y Liu, L Zhao… - Industrial Crops and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Agriculture and forestry yield enormous lignocellulosic biomass resources to produce
bioenergy and bioproducts. To fully convert lignocellulosic biomass into high-value chemical …

Cascade fractionation of birch into xylose, glucan oligomers, and noncondensed lignin improved using microwave assistance and molten salt hydrates

X Xie, X Wang, X Ouyang, Q Liu, X Qiu - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The conventional fractionation of lignocellulose into cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin was
generally carried out at high temperatures and under highly acidic conditions owing to the …