Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant and renewable resource that potentially contains
large amounts of energy. It is an interesting alternative for fossil fuels, allowing the …

Lignocellulosic plant biomass is recognized as an alternative resource for sustainable
production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and polymeric materials through the biorefining …

Lignocelluloses are often a major or sometimes the sole components in different waste
streams from various sources such as industries, forestry, agriculture and municipalities. It …

Development of sustainable energy systems based on renewable biomass feedstocks is
now a global effort. Lignocellulosic biomass contains polymers of cellulose, hemicellulose …

Cellulose, in addition to hemicellulose and lignin, makes the major fraction of lignocellulosic
biomass–the only sustainable feedstock to meet the long-term sustainable energy need of …

Biofuels produced from various lignocellulosic materials have the potential to be a valuable
substitute for, or complement to, gasoline. Many physicochemical structural and …

Plants represent a vast, renewable resource and are well suited to provide sustainably for
humankind's transportation fuel needs. To produce infrastructure-compatible fuels from …

The efficiency of two biomass pretreatment technologies, dilute acid hydrolysis and
dissolution in an ionic liquid, are compared in terms of delignification, saccharification …

Background The conversion of plant biomass to ethanol via enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis
offers a potentially sustainable route to biofuel production. However, the inhibition of …

Enzymatic saccharification of cellulose is a key step in conversion of plant biomass to
advanced biofuel and chemicals. Many substrate-related factors affect saccharification …