Energy applications of ionic liquids: recent developments and future prospects

T Zhou, C Gui, L Sun, Y Hu, H Lyu, Z Wang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) consisting entirely of ions exhibit many fascinating and tunable properties,
making them promising functional materials for a large number of energy-related …

Deconstruction of lignocellulosic biomass with ionic liquids

A Brandt, J Gräsvik, JP Hallett, T Welton - Green chemistry, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
This paper reviews the application of ionic liquids to the deconstruction and fractionation of
lignocellulosic biomass, in a process step that is commonly called pretreatment. It is divided …

Recent innovations in analytical methods for the qualitative and quantitative assessment of lignin

JS Lupoi, S Singh, R Parthasarathi, BA Simmons… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
As the attraction of creating biofuels and bio-based chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass
has increased, researchers have been challenged with develo** a better understanding …

Ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents for lignocellulosic biomass fractionation

DJGP van Osch, LJBM Kollau… - Physical Chemistry …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignocellulosic biomass has gained extensive research interest due to its potential as a
renewable resource, which has the ability to overtake oil-based resources. However, this is …

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 …

Electronic structure investigation of the stability, reactivity, NBO analysis, thermodynamics, and the nature of the interactions in methyl-substituted imidazolium-based …

JA Agwupuye, H Louis, TO Unimuke, P David… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
This work focuses on the stability, reactivity and electronic interionic interactions of methyl-
substituted imidazolium (MMMIM) based ionic liquids (ILs); 1, 2, 4-trimethylimidazolium …

Ionic liquids—promising but challenging solvents for homogeneous derivatization of cellulose

M Gericke, P Fardim, T Heinze - Molecules, 2012 - mdpi.com
In the past decade, ionic liquids (ILs) have received enormous interest as solvents for
cellulose. They have been studied intensively for fractionation and biorefining of …

Mechanistic insights into the lignin dissolution behaviors of a recyclable acid hydrotrope, deep eutectic solvent (DES), and ionic liquid (IL)

H Ji, P Lv - Green chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Currently, recyclable acid hydrotropes (p-TsOH), deep eutectic solvents (DES, ChCl-Lac),
and ionic liquids (IL,[Amim][Cl]) are receiving increasing attention due to their superior …

A brief overview on lignin dissolution

E Melro, L Alves, FE Antunes, B Medronho - Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2018 - Elsevier
During the last decades, the demand for sustainable and renewable resources has greatly
increased. It is clear that biomass exploitation in general, and lignin in particular, will play a …

Updates on the pretreatment of lignocellulosic feedstocks for bioenergy production–a review

K Rajendran, E Drielak, V Sudarshan Varma… - Biomass conversion and …, 2018 - Springer
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant renewable energy bioresources available
today. Due to its recalcitrant structure, lignocellulosic feedstocks cannot be directly …