A guide to lignin valorization in biorefineries: traditional, recent, and forthcoming approaches to convert raw lignocellulose into valuable materials and chemicals

F Brienza, D Cannella, D Montesdeoca, I Cybulska… - RSC …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin is the most abundant source of renewable aromatics on Earth, yet its enormous
potential remains underexploited in current biorefinery and pul** processes. The …

Advancements and Perspectives toward Lignin Valorization via O‐Demethylation

X Wu, E Smet, F Brandi, D Raikwar… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin represents the largest aromatic carbon resource in plants, holding significant promise
as a renewable feedstock for bioaromatics and other cyclic hydrocarbons in the context of …

Lignin-derived 0–3 dimensional carbon materials: synthesis, configurations and applications

W Li, G Wang, W Zhang, J Li, B Zhang, C Si - Industrial Crops and Products, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Different dimensional (0D–3D) carbon materials with tailorable compositions and
nanostructures have attracted widespread attention and are promising for a wide range of …

Enabling lignin valorization through integrated advances in plant biology and biorefining

RA Dixon, A Puente-Urbina… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Despite lignin having long been viewed as an impediment to the processing of biomass for
the production of paper, biofuels, and high-value chemicals, the valorization of lignin to …

Synergy of heterogeneous Co/Ni dual atoms enabling selective C–O bond scission of lignin coupling with in-situ N-functionalization

B Wang, J Huang, H Wu, X Yan, Y Liao, H Li - Journal of Energy Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
Selective cleavage of Csp 2 single bondOCH 3 bond in lignin without breaking other types
of Csingle bondO bonds followed by N-functionalization is fascinating for on-purpose …

Lignin deoxygenation for the production of sustainable aviation fuel blendstocks

MS Webber, J Watson, J Zhu, JH Jang, M Çağlayan… - Nature Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Lignin is an abundant source of renewable aromatics that has long been targeted for
valorization. Traditionally, the inherent heterogeneity and reactivity of lignin has relegated it …

Developments and perspectives on lignin-first biomass pretreatment for efficient enzymatic hydrolysis and isolation of lignin with minimized degradation

S Liu, G Cheng - Industrial Crops and Products, 2024 - Elsevier
The utilization of lignocellulosic biomass promotes the concept of sustainability and
contribute to carbon neutrality. In contrast to traditional biomass pretreatment, lignin-first …

Uncovering challenges for complete carbohydrate to bioethanol utilization in a reductive catalytic fractionation biorefinery

T Nicolaï, W Arts, S Calderon-Ardila… - ACS Sustainable …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF) biorefinery, developed for high-quality lignin oil
extraction from lignocellulose biomass, concurrently produces a (hemi) cellulose pulp …

Design and Validation of a High-Throughput Reductive Catalytic Fractionation Method

JK Kenny, SR Neefe, DG Brandner, ML Stone… - Jacs Au, 2024 - ACS Publications
Reductive catalytic fractionation (RCF) is a promising method to extract and depolymerize
lignin from biomass, and bench-scale studies have enabled considerable progress in the …

A one‐pot, whole‐cell biocatalysis approach for vanillin production using lignin oil

I Marić, Y Guo, MJLJ Fürst, K Van Aelst… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Vanillin is a popular and versatile flavor compound, almost entirely produced from petroleum‐
derived phenol by a multi‐step chemical synthesis. The process is hazardous to the …