Comparison and assessment of methods for cellulose crystallinity determination

KS Salem, NK Kasera, MA Rahman… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The degree of crystallinity in cellulose significantly affects the physical, mechanical, and
chemical properties of cellulosic materials, their processing, and their final application …

Conversion of lignocellulose to biofuels and chemicals via sugar platform: an updated review on chemistry and mechanisms of acid hydrolysis of lignocellulose

Z Zhou, D Liu, X Zhao - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass has been considered as one of the most promising feedstocks for
production of the second-generation biofuels and biochemicals without food and fuel …

Near-complete depolymerization of polyesters with nano-dispersed enzymes

C DelRe, Y Jiang, P Kang, J Kwon, A Hall, I Jayapurna… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Successfully interfacing enzymes and biomachinery with polymers affords on-demand
modification and/or programmable degradation during the manufacture, utilization and …

[HTML][HTML] A critical review of analytical methods in pretreatment of lignocelluloses: composition, imaging, and crystallinity

K Karimi, MJ Taherzadeh - Bioresource technology, 2016 - Elsevier
Lignocelluloses are widely investigated as renewable substrates to produce biofuels, eg,
ethanol, methane, hydrogen, and butanol, as well as chemicals such as citric acid, lactic …

Biomass recalcitrance. Part I: the chemical compositions and physical structures affecting the enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose

X Zhao, L Zhang, D Liu - Biofuels, bioproducts and biorefining, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Lignocellulosic biomass is recalcitrant to biodegradation due to the rigid and compact
structure of plant cell wall. The recalcitrance of biomass is mainly constructed by its chemical …

Insight into understanding the performance of deep eutectic solvent pretreatment on improving enzymatic digestibility of bamboo residues

W Lin, S **ng, Y **, X Lu, C Huang, Q Yong - Bioresource Technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvent (DES) is a promising pretreatment for improving enzymatic digestibility
of lignocellulosic material by altering the physicochemical properties. However, few work …

Current challenges in commercially producing biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass

V Balan - International Scholarly Research Notices, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Biofuels that are produced from biobased materials are a good alternative to petroleum
based fuels. They offer several benefits to society and the environment. Producing second …

[PDF][PDF] Enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulosic biomass

B Yang, Z Dai, SY Ding, CE Wyman - Biofuels, 2011 - academia.edu
Biological conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels and chemicals offers the high yields to
products vital to economic success and the potential for very low costs. Enzymatic hydrolysis …

Coupling the post-extraction process to remove residual lignin and alter the recalcitrant structures for improving the enzymatic digestibility of acid-pretreated bamboo …

C Huang, W Lin, C Lai, X Li, Y **, Q Yong - Bioresource technology, 2019 - Elsevier
In this work, a mild and facile post-extraction using different reagents was evaluated to
overcome these recalcitrance for improving the enzymatic digestibility of acid-pretreated …

Miscanthus: a fast‐growing crop for biofuels and chemicals production

N Brosse, A Dufour, X Meng, Q Sun… - Biofuels, Bioproducts …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Miscanthus represents a key candidate energy crop for use in biomass‐to‐liquid fuel‐
conversion processes and biorefineries to produce a range of liquid fuels and chemicals; it …