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 …

Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass: A review on recent advances

AR Mankar, A Pandey, A Modak, KK Pant - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Depleting fossil reserves and growing energy needs have raised the demand for an
alternative and clean energy source. The use of ubiquitously available lignocellulosic …

Advances in pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy production: Challenges and perspectives

L Zhao, ZF Sun, CC Zhang, J Nan, NQ Ren… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a clean and renewable energy, bioenergy is one of the most promising alternatives to
fossil fuels. Lignocellulose possesses great potential for bioenergy production, but the …

Nanocellulose: from fundamentals to advanced applications

D Trache, AF Tarchoun, M Derradji… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Over the past few years, nanocellulose (NC), cellulose in the form of nanostructures, has
been proved to be one of the most prominent green materials of modern times. NC materials …

Biomass pre-treatment techniques for the production of biofuels using thermal conversion methods–a review

A Ramos, E Monteiro, A Rouboa - Energy Conversion and Management, 2022 - Elsevier
This review aims to compile and discuss the pre-processing procedures utilized previously
to biomass thermal conversion techniques, in order to promote the sustainable production of …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated lignocellulosic biorefinery: Gateway for production of second generation ethanol and value added products

A Patel, AR Shah - Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2021 - Elsevier
An increasing demand for energy and depleting petroleum sources has elevated the need
for producing alternative renewable resources. Owing to the prominence of lignocellulosic …

A review on the environment-friendly emerging techniques for pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass: Mechanistic insight and advancements

D Haldar, MK Purkait - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The process of pretreatment is considered as an indispensable unit operation in the field of
lignocellulosic conversion. The traditional pretreatment operations of lignocellulosic …

Insight into the recent advances of microwave pretreatment technologies for the conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into sustainable biofuel

AT Hoang, S Nižetić, HC Ong, M Mofijur, SF Ahmed… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The utilization of renewable lignocellulosic biomasses for bioenergy synthesis is believed to
facilitate competitive commercialization and realize affordable clean energy sources in the …

Recovery of banana waste-loss from production and processing: a contribution to a circular economy

S Alzate Acevedo, ÁJ Díaz Carrillo, E Flórez-López… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Banana is a fruit grown mainly in tropical countries of the world. After harvest, almost 60% of
banana biomass is left as waste. Worldwide, about 114.08 million metric tons of banana …

Strategies of pretreatment of feedstocks for optimized bioethanol production: distinct and integrated approaches

A Shukla, D Kumar, M Girdhar, A Kumar… - … for biofuels and …, 2023 - Springer
Bioethanol is recognized as a valuable substitute for renewable energy sources to meet the
fuel and energy demand of the nation, considered an environmentally friendly resource …