Lignocellulosic biomass: understanding recalcitrance and predicting hydrolysis

A Zoghlami, G Paës - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Lignocellulosic biomass (LB) is an abundant and renewable resource from plants mainly
composed of polysaccharides (cellulose and hemicelluloses) and an aromatic polymer …

Lignocellulosic biomass pyrolysis mechanism: A state-of-the-art review

S Wang, G Dai, H Yang, Z Luo - Progress in energy and combustion …, 2017 - Elsevier
The past decades have seen increasing interest in develo** pyrolysis pathways to
produce biofuels and bio-based chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. Pyrolysis is a key …

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 …

Single-molecular insights into the breakpoint of cellulose nanofibers assembly during saccharification

R Zhang, Z Hu, Y Wang, H Hu, F Li, M Li… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Plant cellulose microfibrils are increasingly employed to produce functional nanofibers and
nanocrystals for biomaterials, but their catalytic formation and conversion mechanisms …

Current understanding of the correlation of lignin structure with biomass recalcitrance

M Li, Y Pu, AJ Ragauskas - Frontiers in chemistry, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Lignin, a complex aromatic polymer in terrestrial plants, contributes significantly to biomass
recalcitrance to microbial and/or enzymatic deconstruction. To reduce biomass …

Organic solvent effects in biomass conversion reactions

L Shuai, J Luterbacher - ChemSusChem, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Transforming lignocellulosic biomass into fuels and chemicals has been intensely studied in
recent years. A large amount of work has been dedicated to finding suitable solvent systems …

Biomethane production from lignocellulose: Biomass recalcitrance and its impacts on anaerobic digestion

N Xu, S Liu, F **n, J Zhou, H Jia, J Xu… - … in bioengineering and …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Anaerobic digestion using lignocellulosic material as the substrate is a cost-effective
strategy for biomethane production, which provides great potential to convert biomass into …

A review on alternative raw materials for sustainable production: novel plant fibers

Y Seki, F Selli, ÜH Erdoğan, M Atagür… - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
With ever increasing environmental awareness, renewable raw materials for textile and
composite industry have become an important alternative to reduce the use of petroleum …

Potential use of alkaline hydrogen peroxide in lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment and valorization–A review

MC Ho, VZ Ong, TY Wu - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Alkaline hydrogen peroxide (AHP) was first introduced in 1984. Its ability to selectively attack
carbonyl and ethylene groups is proven to enhance the delignification process of …

High density cellulose nanofibril assembly leads to upgraded enzymatic and chemical catalysis of fermentable sugars, cellulose nanocrystals and cellulase production …

R Zhang, Z Hu, H Peng, P Liu, Y Wang, J Li, J Lu… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Although cellulose represents the most abundant biomass resource on Earth, its natural
recalcitrance hinders its application for low-cost biofuels and high-value bioproducts on a …