Efficient sugar production from plant biomass: Current status, challenges, and future directions

JY Zhu, X Pan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic plant biomass is recognized as an alternative resource for sustainable
production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and polymeric materials through the biorefining …

Biomass recalcitrance. Part I: the chemical compositions and physical structures affecting the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose

X Zhao, L Zhang, D Liu - Biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Lignocellulosic biomass is recalcitrant to biodegradation due to the rigid and compact
structure of plant cell wall. The recalcitrance of biomass is mainly constructed by its chemical …

Overview of biomass pretreatment for cellulosic ethanol production

Y Zheng, Z Pan, R Zhang - International journal of agricultural and …, 2009 - mail.ijabe.org
Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to ethanol is significantly hindered by the structural
and chemical complexity of biomass, which makes these materials a challenge to be used …

Cellulase adsorption on lignin: a roadblock for economic hydrolysis of biomass

JK Saini, AK Patel, M Adsul, RR Singhania - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Enzymatic saccharification of biomass is a crucial step in bioethanol production from
lignocellulosic biomass through sugar platform which essentially requires attachment of …

Lignin-enzyme interaction: Mechanism, mitigation approach, modeling, and research prospects

X Li, Y Zheng - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
The adverse environmental impacts of the fossil fuel and the concerns of energy security
necessitate the development of alternative clean energy sources from renewable …

Unlocking the secret of lignin-enzyme interactions: Recent advances in develo** state-of-the-art analytical techniques

X Zhao, X Meng, AJ Ragauskas, C Lai, Z Ling… - Biotechnology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bioconversion of renewable lignocellulosics to produce liquid fuels and chemicals is one of
the most effective ways to solve the problem of fossil resource shortage, energy security, and …

Substrate-related factors affecting enzymatic saccharification of lignocelluloses: our recent understanding

SY Leu, JY Zhu - Bioenergy Research, 2013 - Springer
Enzymatic saccharification of cellulose is a key step in conversion of plant biomass to
advanced biofuel and chemicals. Many substrate-related factors affect saccharification …

Pretreatment of woody biomass for biofuel production: energy efficiency, technologies, and recalcitrance

JY Zhu, X Pan, RS Zalesny - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2010 - Springer
This mini review discusses several key technical issues associated with cellulosic ethanol
production from woody biomass: energy consumption for woody biomass pretreatment …

pH‐Induced lignin surface modification to reduce nonspecific cellulase binding and enhance enzymatic saccharification of lignocelluloses

H Lou, JY Zhu, TQ Lan, H Lai, X Qiu - ChemSusChem, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We studied the mechanism of the significant enhancement in the enzymatic saccharification
of lignocelluloses at an elevated pH of 5.5–6.0. Four lignin residues with different sulfonic …

Effects of lignin and surfactant on adsorption and hydrolysis of cellulases on cellulose

Y Li, Z Sun, X Ge, J Zhang - Biotechnology for biofuels, 2016 - Springer
Background Considerable works have been reported concerning the obstruction of
enzymatic hydrolysis efficiency by lignin. However, there is a lack of information about the …