History repeats itself again: Will the mistakes of the past for ILs be repeated for DESs? From being considered ionic liquids to becoming their alternative: The …

J Afonso, A Mezzetta, IM Marrucho, L Guazzelli - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The establishment of the place of Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) as a new class of green
solvents was essentially grounded on naïve comparisons with Ionic Liquids (ILs), since both …

Recent developments in pretreatment technologies on lignocellulosic biomass: effect of key parameters, technological improvements, and challenges

SK Bhatia, SS Jagtap, AA Bedekar, RK Bhatia… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is an inexpensive renewable source that can be used to produce
biofuels and bioproducts. The recalcitrance nature of biomass hampers polysaccharide …

Renewable biohydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass using fermentation and integration of systems with other energy generation technologies

SK Bhatia, SS Jagtap, AA Bedekar, RK Bhatia… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biohydrogen is a clean and renewable source of energy. It can be produced by using
technologies such as thermochemical, electrolysis, photoelectrochemical and biological, etc …

Cellulose-based fiber spinning processes using ionic liquids

B Azimi, H Maleki, V Gigante, R Bagherzadeh… - Cellulose, 2022 - Springer
Cellulose, a natural, renewable, and environment friendly biopolymer, has been considered
as a sustainable feedstock in the near future. However, only 0.3% of cellulose is today …

Biomass pretreatment using deep eutectic solvents from lignin derived phenols

KH Kim, T Dutta, J Sun, B Simmons, S Singh - Green chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
In future biorefineries, the development of inexpensive and renewable reagents is highly
desirable. In this work, we report a renewable and new class of deep eutectic solvent (DES) …

Review of chemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass using low-liquid and low-chemical catalysts for effective bioconversion

AS Bharadwaj, S Dev, J Zhuang, Y Wang, CG Yoo… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chemical pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) is essential for effective biological
conversion in subsequent steps to produce biofuels or biochemicals. For effective …

Recovery and purification of ionic liquids from solutions: a review

J Zhou, H Sui, Z Jia, Z Yang, L He, X Li - RSC advances, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
With low melting point, extremely low vapor pressure and non-flammability, ionic liquids
have been attracting much attention from academic and industrial fields. Great efforts have …

From green to circular chemistry paved by biocatalysis

P Lozano, E García-Verdugo - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Since its origin, green chemistry has headed the best-guiding philosophy for reducing
pollution and safeguarding the environment. The twelve Principles of Green Chemistry …

Recent advances in biomass pretreatment technologies for biohydrogen production

H Singh, S Tomar, KA Qureshi, M Jaremko, PK Rai - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen is an economical source of clean energy that has been utilized by industry for
decades. In recent years, demand for hydrogen has risen significantly. Hydrogen sources …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of ionic liquids for the biochemical transformation of lignocellulosic biomass into biofuels and biochemicals: A critical review

NI Haykir, SMSNS Zahari, S Harirchi, T Sar… - Biochemical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic materials are valuable resources in today's bioprocess technologies;
however, their recalcitrance is a major barrier in industry regarding their conversion to …