Challenges and perspectives of green-like lignocellulose pretreatments selectable for low-cost biofuels and high-value bioproduction

R Zhang, H Gao, Y Wang, B He, J Lu, W Zhu… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulose represents the most abundant carbon-capturing substance that is convertible
for biofuels and bioproduction. Although biomass pretreatments have been broadly applied …

Cellulose solvent-based pretreatment for enhanced second-generation biofuel production: a review

B Satari, K Karimi, R Kumar - Sustainable energy & fuels, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose, in addition to hemicellulose and lignin, makes the major fraction of lignocellulosic
biomass–the only sustainable feedstock to meet the long-term sustainable energy need of …

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 …

Towards a molecular understanding of cellulose dissolution in ionic liquids: Anion/cation effect, synergistic mechanism and physicochemical aspects

Y Li, J Wang, X Liu, S Zhang - Chemical science, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Cellulose is one of the most abundant bio-renewable materials on the earth and its
conversion to biofuels provides an appealing way to satisfy the increasing global energy …

Ionic liquid dissolution utilized for biomass conversion into biofuels, value-added chemicals and advanced materials: A comprehensive review

JB Ocreto, WH Chen, AP Rollon, HC Ong… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic and algal biomass feedstocks are the most plentiful and cost-effective
renewable sources of biofuels (sugar, bioethanol, biodiesel, and bio-oil), value-added …

Mechanism study of ternary deep eutectic solvents with protonic acid for lignin fractionation

W Wang, B Zhu, Y Xu, B Li, H Xu - Bioresource Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the fractionation of lignin by ternary DES of different polyols using
simulation calculation. ChCl-EG-PTSA showed the highest degradability of lignin with the …

Production and surface modification of cellulose bioproducts

S Liyanage, S Acharya, P Parajuli, JL Shamshina… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Petroleum-based synthetic plastics play an important role in our life. As the detrimental
health and environmental effects of synthetic plastics continue to increase, the renewable …

Utilization of cellulose to its full potential: a review on cellulose dissolution, regeneration, and applications

S Acharya, S Liyanage, P Parajuli, SS Rumi… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
As the most abundant natural polymer, cellulose is a prime candidate for the preparation of
both sustainable and economically viable polymeric products hitherto predominantly …

A comprehensive review on how ionic liquids enhance the pyrolysis of cellulose, lignin, and lignocellulose toward a circular economy

M Eqbalpour, A Andooz, E Kowsari… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The sustainable use of plant biomass (PB) to produce new valuable compounds helps
alleviate the world's excessive reliance on fossil fuels. Among the different processes …

Guanidine-based protic ionic liquids as highly efficient intermolecular scissors for dissolving natural cellulose

SP Chen, JL Zhu, XR Chen, ZH Wang, YJ Dan… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of highly efficient and environmentally friendly solvents for dissolving
cellulose, which is the most abundant natural polymer on Earth, remains a challenge …