Lignin valorization: Status, challenges and opportunities

S Sethupathy, GM Morales, L Gao, H Wang… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
As an abundant aromatic biopolymer, lignin has the potential to produce various chemicals,
biofuels of interest through biorefinery activities and is expected to benefit the future circular …

Green chemistry design in polymers derived from lignin: review and perspective

J Sternberg, O Sequerth, S Pilla - Progress in Polymer Science, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of lignin for material and chemical applications has gained interest in recent times
due to the environmental focus on using biomass for renewable materials as well as the …

Lignin-based polymer electrolyte membranes for sustainable aqueous dye-sensitized solar cells

JC de Haro, E Tatsi, L Fagiolari… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the quest for sustainable materials for quasi-solid-state (QS) electrolytes in aqueous dye-
sensitized solar cells (DSSCs), novel bioderived polymeric membranes were prepared in …

[HTML][HTML] Lignin-based benzoxazines: A tunable key-precursor for the design of hydrophobic coatings, fire resistant materials and catalyst-free vitrimers

A Adjaoud, L Puchot, CE Federico, R Das… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The meaningful concept of circular economy has prompted the scientific community to re-
think the design of materials. In this work, lignin-based benzoxazines (LBZs) thermosets with …

Organosolv biorefinery: resource-based process optimisation, pilot technology scale-up and economics

G Tofani, E Jasiukaitytė-Grojzdek, M Grilc… - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
This tutorial review aims to describe the status of the scaling up of organosolv treatment. It is
a process where various lignocellulosic materials are fractionated, selective …

Lignin fractionation: Effective strategy to reduce molecule weight dependent heterogeneity for upgraded lignin valorization

T Pang, G Wang, H Sun, W Sui, C Si - Industrial crops and products, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional pul** processes and emerging lignocellulosic biorefineries provide a large
quantity of lignin with heterogeneous characters, including complex chemical structure and …

Lignin-based epoxy resins: unravelling the relationship between structure and material properties

C Gioia, M Colonna, A Tagami, L Medina… - …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Here we investigate the relationship between thermomechanical properties and chemical
structure of well-characterized lignin-based epoxy resins. For this purpose, technical lignins …

Novel lignin as natural‐biodegradable binder for various sectors—A review

M Mili, SAR Hashmi, M Ather, V Hada… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin functions as an essential polymer in plants that forms the plant body's structural
framework. The natural glue holds the cellulosic fibers together in the plant body, thereby …

The biomodified lignin platform: a review

F Fabbri, S Bischof, S Mayr, S Gritsch… - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
A reliance on fossil fuel has led to the increased emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). The
excessive consumption of raw materials today makes the search for sustainable resources …

Lignin as polymer electrolyte precursor for stable and sustainable potassium batteries

S Trano, F Corsini, G Pascuzzi, E Giove… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Potassium batteries show interesting peculiarities as large‐scale energy storage systems
and, in this scenario, the formulation of polymer electrolytes obtained from sustainable …