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 …

Bioplastics for a circular economy

JG Rosenboom, R Langer, G Traverso - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022‏ - nature.com
Bioplastics—typically plastics manufactured from bio-based polymers—stand to contribute to
more sustainable commercial plastic life cycles as part of a circular economy, in which virgin …

[HTML][HTML] Agricultural wastes: A practical and potential source for the isolation and preparation of cellulose and application in agriculture and different industries

RS Riseh, MG Vazvani, M Hassanisaadi… - Industrial Crops and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Cellulose is an organic compound belonging to polysaccharides. This biopolymer is made
of glucose subunits. This compound plays an essential role in the structure and strength of …

Technology projection in biofuel production using agricultural waste materials as a source of energy sustainability: A comprehensive review

S Sikiru, KJ Abioye, HB Adedayo, SY Adebukola… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Biofuel production using agricultural waste materials as a source of energy sustainability is
an important and promising approach to address both energy and environmental …

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 …

A comprehensive review of bioethanol production from diverse feedstocks: Current advancements and economic perspectives

S Jain, S Kumar - Energy, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Bioethanol is attracting increasing attention as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels.
Depending on the feedstock, it is classified into four generations. First-generation …

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 …

Lignocellulosic biomass conversion via greener pretreatment methods towards biorefinery applications

J Dharmaraja, S Shobana, S Arvindnarayan… - Bioresource …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Lignocellulose biomass during pretreatment releases various compounds, among them the
most important is reducing sugars, which can be utilized for the production of biofuels and …

Lignocellulosic biorefineries: the current state of challenges and strategies for efficient commercialization

Z Usmani, M Sharma, AK Awasthi, T Lukk… - … and sustainable energy …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant and sustainable feedstock available globally.
As a source of the polysaccharides, cellulose and hemicellulose, it can be converted into …

Catalytic processing of plastic waste on the rise

AJ Martín, C Mondelli, SD Jaydev, J Pérez-Ramírez - Chem, 2021‏ - cell.com
Summary Approximately 80% of the> 350 Mt of plastics produced annually is turned into
waste, which equals 30% of the European electricity consumption. Chemocatalytic …