Lignin is an abundant biopolymer with a high carbon content and high aromaticity. Despite
its potential as a raw material for the fuel and chemical industries, lignin remains the most …

Fast pyrolysis is a promising thermochemical technology that breaks down renewable and
abundant lignocellulosic biomass into a primary liquid product (bio‐oil) in seconds. The bio …

Plant cell walls constitute the majority of lignocellulosic biomass and serve as a renewable
resource of biomaterials and biofuel. Extensive interactions between polysaccharides and …

The demand for efficient utilization of biomass induces a detailed analysis of the
fundamental chemical structures of biomass, especially the complex structures of lignin …

Here, we report on the ability of the biomass derived solvents ethanol and, in particular, n-
butanol to fractionate lignocellulose into its main components. An organosolv system …

Through catalytic hydrogen transfer reactions, a new biorefining method results in the
isolation of depolymerized lignin—a non‐pyrolytic lignin bio‐oil—in addition to pulps that …

In dilute acid pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass, lignin has been shown to form droplets
that deposit on the cellulose surface and retard enzymatic digestion of cellulose (Donohoe …

For a hundred years or more, oil and natural gas has supplied fuel and other raw chemicals
to support economic growth. In the last decades their shrinking reservoirs and the increasing …

Background Effective enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass benefits from lignin
removal, relocation, and/or modification during hydrothermal pretreatment. Phase transition …

Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is a prerequisite to overcome recalcitrance and
allow enzyme accessibility to cellulose and maximize product recovery for improved …