Global lignin supply overview and kraft lignin potential as an alternative for petroleum-based polymers

L Dessbesell, M Paleologou, M Leitch, R Pulkki… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignin is an abundant renewable feedstock for bioenergy, chemicals and materials
production. Numerous review papers have addressed lignin research; though, a limited …

Bright side of lignin depolymerization: toward new platform chemicals

Z Sun, B Fridrich, A De Santi, S Elangovan… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lignin, a major component of lignocellulose, is the largest source of aromatic building blocks
on the planet and harbors great potential to serve as starting material for the production of …

Transforming lignin into renewable fuels, chemicals, and materials: A review

R Patel, P Dhar, A Babaei-Ghazvini… - Bioresource Technology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignin, Lignin is a valuable carbon-rich feedstock and a by-product of the lignocellulosic
biorefinery and paper industry. Despite being widely available, it is an under-utilized …

About making lignin great again—some lessons from the past

WG Glasser - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Lignin, the second most abundant biopolymer on the planet, serves land-plants as bonding
agent in juvenile cell tissues and as stiffening (modulus-building) agent in mature cell walls …

The current and emerging sources of technical lignins and their applications

T Li, S Takkellapati - Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Technical lignins are bulk feedstocks. They are generated as byproducts from pul** or
cellulosic ethanol production. As lignin undergoes significant structural changes as a result …

Lignin Liquefaction: Unraveling the effect of process conditions and sustainable pathways for biofuel production–A comprehensive review

MW Syed, WW Kazmi, A Hussain, SFA Shah… - Energy Conversion and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biomass thermochemical conversion into liquid fuels offers a sustainable alternative to
traditional fossil fuels. The progressive shift from fossil fuel-based chemicals to bio-oil …

Impact of feedstock composition on pyrolysis of low-cost, protein-and lignin-rich biomass: A review

F Cheng, H Bayat, U Jena, CE Brewer - Journal of Analytical and Applied …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bio-energy is a major component of the global renewable energy market due to the low
requirement for energy infrastructure modification and the high bio-energy productivity. Bio …

Progress in the solvent depolymerization of lignin

V Patil, S Adhikari, P Cross, H Jahromi - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2020 - Elsevier
Solvent liquefaction of lignin is a simultaneous depolymerization and hydrodeoxygenation
process used to generate monomer products for fuel and specialty chemical applications …

Valorization of lignocellulose by producing polyhydroxyalkanoates under circular bioeconomy premises: facts and challenges

VV Andhalkar, R Ahorsu… - ACS Sustainable …, 2022 - ACS Publications
In light of the current concerns about environmental issues caused by the excessive use of
fossil resources, more emphasis has been paid to the transition to a sustainable and circular …

Controllable production of guaiacols and phenols from lignin depolymerization using Pd/C catalyst cooperated with metal chloride

R Shu, Y Xu, L Ma, Q Zhang, C Wang… - Chemical engineering …, 2018 - Elsevier
Many effective methods have been proposed to achieve lignin depolymerization, while
controllable product distribution is still hard to realize. Herein, an efficient lignin …