Depleting fossil reserves and growing energy needs have raised the demand for an
alternative and clean energy source. The use of ubiquitously available lignocellulosic …

A critical factor which controls the socio-economic development of any nation is “energy”.
With depleting fossil fuels, there is a shift in focus to lignocellulosic biorefinery. The review …

The replacement of fossil resources that currently provide more than 90% of our energy
needs and feedstocks of the chemical industry in combination with reduced emission of …

Lignocellulosic feedstock materials are the most abundant renewable bioresource material
available on earth. It is primarily composed of cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin, which are …

Environmental sustainability criteria and rising energy demands, exhaustion of conventional
resources of energy followed by environmental degradation due to abrupt climate changes …

In response to the scarcity of non-renewable energy sources, sustainable and renewable
biofuels from biomass have gained utmost attention. Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for …

Cost effective pretreatment is key to commercial success of use of lignocellulosic material
(LCM) as feedstock for production of bioethanol. The seasonal nature and annual variability …

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 …

Corn is the second most abundant crop produced worldwide annually. Its residue, corn
stover, is among the three most agricultural residues globally and the first one in the United …

The cost of ionic liquids (ILs) is one of the main impediments to IL utilization in the cellulosic
biorefinery, especially in the pretreatment step. In this study, a number of ionic liquids were …