Lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment by deep eutectic solvents on lignin extraction and saccharification enhancement: A review

W Wang, DJ Lee - Bioresource technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass recalcitrance hinders efficient utilization of lignocellulosic biomass, making
pretreatment process a crucial step for successful biorefinery process. Pretreatment …

Eutectics: formation, properties, and applications

D Yu, Z Xue, T Mu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Various eutectic systems have been proposed and studied over the past few decades. Most
of the studies have focused on three typical types of eutectics: eutectic metals, eutectic salts …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting greenness of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents

Y Chen, T Mu - Green Chemical Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Green solvents are one of the hot topics of green chemistry. Ionic liquids (ILs) and deep
eutectic solvents (DESs) are deemed as green solvents to a certain extent, and they have …

Status and advances of deep eutectic solvents for metal separation and recovery

Z Yuan, H Liu, WF Yong, Q She, J Esteban - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The increasing discharge of metal-associated waste not only causes growing concerns on
the environment and human health but also accelerates the depletion of natural metal …

History repeats itself again: Will the mistakes of the past for ILs be repeated for DESs? From being considered ionic liquids to becoming their alternative: The …

J Afonso, A Mezzetta, IM Marrucho, L Guazzelli - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The establishment of the place of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) as a new class of green
solvents was essentially grounded on naïve comparisons with Ionic Liquids (ILs), since both …

Deep eutectic solvents in the transformation of biomass into biofuels and fine chemicals: a review

KTT Amesho, YC Lin, SV Mohan, S Halder… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The global energy demand has been projected to rise over 28% by 2040, calling for more
renewable resources such as lignocellulosic biomass to produce biofuels, and for green and …

[HTML][HTML] Application of deep eutectic solvents in biomass pretreatment and conversion

Y Chen, T Mu - Green Energy & Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass is renewable, abundant, cheap, biocompatible, and biodegradable materials and
has been used to produce chemicals, materials, energy, and fuels. However, most of the …

Key process parameters for deep eutectic solvents pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass materials: A review

H Xu, J Peng, Y Kong, Y Liu, Z Su, B Li, X Song… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvent (DES) has been considered as a novel green solvent for
lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. The efficiency of DES pretreatment is affected by the …

Insights into the relationships between physicochemical properties, solvent performance, and applications of deep eutectic solvents

M Zhang, X Zhang, Y Liu, K Wu, Y Zhu, H Lu… - … Science and Pollution …, 2021 - Springer
Deep eutectic solvent (DES) is regarded as a new generation of green solvent due to its
distinctive and tailorable physicochemical properties, such as low volatility, strong solubility …

Degradation of deep-eutectic solvents based on choline chloride and carboxylic acids

N Rodriguez Rodriguez… - ACS sustainable …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Mixtures of carboxylic acids and choline chloride are one of the most commonly used
families of deep-eutectic solvents. The thermal and long-term stability of carboxylic acid …