Green and sustainable solvents in chemical processes

CJ Clarke, WC Tu, O Levers, A Brohl… - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Sustainable solvents are a topic of growing interest in both the research community and the
chemical industry due to a growing awareness of the impact of solvents on pollution, energy …

Development of different pretreatments and related technologies for efficient biomass conversion of lignocellulose

M Zhou, X Tian - International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose, a kind of biological resource widely existing in nature, which can be
transformed into value-added biochemical products through saccharification, fermentation or …

Facile pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass using deep eutectic solvents

CW Zhang, SQ Xia, PS Ma - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
In this work, three kinds of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were facilely prepared and used in
the pretreatment of corncob, including monocarboxylic acid/choline chloride, dicarboxylic …

Pretreatment methods to enhance solubilization and anaerobic biodegradability of lignocellulosic biomass (wheat straw): Progress and challenges

AM Rahmani, P Gahlot, K Moustakas, AA Kazmi… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Agro-waste (wheat straw) is considered most effective (heating value 16 MJ/kg) for energy
recovery through anaerobic digestion (AD). However, the complex lignocellulosic structure …

Transforming lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels enabled by ionic liquid pretreatment

J Zhang, X Zhang, M Yang, S Singh, G Cheng - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Processes that can convert lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and chemicals are
particularly attractive considering renewability and minimal environmental impact. Ionic …

Short-time deep eutectic solvent pretreatment for enhanced enzymatic saccharification and lignin valorization

Z Guo, Q Zhang, T You, X Zhang, F Xu, Y Wu - Green Chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
In the present study, two kinds of deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were facilely prepared and
adopted to drastically disturb the recalcitrance of corncobs for further boosting sugar yields …

Insight into the structure-function relationships of deep eutectic solvents during rice straw pretreatment

XD Hou, AL Li, KP Lin, YY Wang, ZY Kuang… - Bioresource …, 2018 - Elsevier
Rice straw pretreatment mediated by choline chloride (ChCl) or lactic acid (Lac) sequences
deep eutectic solvents (DESs) was investigated in this work. Hydrogen bond acceptors …

Recent advances in lignocellulose prior-fractionation for biomaterials, biochemicals, and bioenergy

X Shen, R Sun - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Due to over-consumption of fossil resources and environmental problems, lignocellulosic
biomass as the most abundant and renewable materials is considered as the best candidate …

Effective delignification of lignocellulosic biomass by microwave assisted deep eutectic solvents

K Kohli, S Katuwal, A Biswas, BK Sharma - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
To establish an environmentally friendly and cheaper method to delignify lignocellulosic
biomass feedstocks, deep eutectic solvents (DESs) were investigated as a green …

Rice straw as a feedstock for biofuels: availability, recalcitrance, and chemical properties

A Satlewal, R Agrawal, S Bhagia, P Das… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The surplus availability of rice straw, its limited usage, and environmental pollution caused
by its inefficient burning has fostered research for its valorization to biofuels. This review …