Biomass fractionation and lignin fractionation towards lignin valorization

J Xu, C Li, L Dai, C Xu, Y Zhong, F Yu, C Si - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lignin, as the most abundant aromatic biopolymer in nature, has attracted great attention
due to the complexity and richness of its functional groups for value‐added applications. The …

Valorization of lignin in polymer and composite systems for advanced engineering applications–a review

MN Collins, M Nechifor, F Tanasă, M Zănoagă… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
As fossil fuel resources dwindle and new regulations for a cleaner and safer environment
come on stream, there is growing interest in developing new sustainable feedstocks for …

Fractionation of industrial lignins: opportunities and challenges

M Gigli, C Crestini - Green Chemistry, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin is a readily available yet heavily underutilised resource due to its severe degree of
variability related to the plant source and to the processes employed for its isolation. Being …

Perspective on technical lignin fractionation

H Sadeghifar, A Ragauskas - ACS sustainable chemistry & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Technical lignin extracted from pulping and biorefining processes provides a class of
complex and polydisperse phenolic polymers. Preparation of lignin with lower structural …

Lignin fractionation: Effective strategy to reduce molecule weight dependent heterogeneity for upgraded lignin valorization

T Pang, G Wang, H Sun, W Sui, C Si - Industrial crops and products, 2021 - Elsevier
Conventional pulping processes and emerging lignocellulosic biorefineries provide a large
quantity of lignin with heterogeneous characters, including complex chemical structure and …

Procuring the nano-scale lignin in prehydrolyzate as ingredient to prepare cellulose nanofibril composite film with multiple functions

C Huang, H Dong, Z Zhang, H Bian, Q Yong - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
Cellulose is lack of UV-blocking and antibacterial properties, which have limited its
application. In this work, the nanoscale lignin with high content of hydroxyl groups and small …

Mild organosolv lignin extraction with alcohols: the importance of benzylic alkoxylation

DS Zijlstra, CW Lahive, CA Analbers… - ACS Sustainable …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Lignin holds the key for maximizing value extraction from lignocellulosic biomass. This is
currently hindered by the application of fractionation methods that significantly alter the …

[HTML][HTML] Conversion of biomass lignin to high-value polyurethane: A review

H Li, Y Liang, P Li, C He - Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignin, as a major by-product of pulp and paper industry, has attracted extensive interest for
the preparation of high value-added products, due to the merits of abundant, sustainable …

[HTML][HTML] Aqueous acetone fractionation of kraft, organosolv and soda lignins

J Domínguez-Robles, T Tamminen, T Liitiä… - International journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Technical lignins are structurally heterogeneous and polydisperse. This work describes the
use of a simple and green method for lignin fractionation, using different proportions of …

Aqueous organic solvent fractionation as means to improve lignin homogeneity and purity

AS Jääskeläinen, T Liitiä, A Mikkelson… - Industrial crops and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Lignin's heterogeneous polymeric structure limits its utilisation in high-value applications.
This paper describes a protocol for kraft lignin precipitation fractionation from aqueous …