The development and production of fossil fuel alternatives have become one of the main
focal points in recent investigations. Lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable source of …

Highlights•Access to cellulose by cellulase limits the efficiency of enzymatic
hydrolysis.•Access to cellulose is mainly through the pores in the cell wall rather than …

Wheat straw (WS) is a potential biomass for production of monomeric sugars. However, the
enzymatic hydrolysis ratio of cellulose in WS is relatively low due to the presence of lignin …

With the extensive application of enzyme-catalyzed reactions in numerous fields, improving
enzymatic efficiency has attracted wide attention for reducing operating costs and increasing …

A number of pre‐treatment methods have been developed during the last few decades to
overcome biomass recalcitrance. Although the mechanisms of these pre‐treatments are …

This study focuses on enhancing lactic acid (LA) production and declining water and alkali
consumption by reusing the pretreated liquid (PL) of spent mushroom substance (SMS) in …

The food-feed competition is one of the complex challenges, and so are the ongoing climate
change, land degradation and water shortage for realizing sustainable food production …

The effect of various pretreatment strategies on methane yields following anaerobic
digestion (AD) of five different microalgal strains was investigated. Pavlova_cf sp …

Fractionation of lignocellulose is a fundamental step in the valorization of cellulose,
hemicelluloses, and lignin to produce various sustainable fuels, materials and chemicals …

Background To further optimize the mechanochemical pretreatment process, a combined
wet alkaline mechanical pretreatment of corn stover was proposed with a short time and less …