Hydrothermal pretreatment technologies for lignocellulosic biomass: A review of steam explosion and subcritical water hydrolysis

TR Sarker, F Pattnaik, S Nanda, AK Dalai, V Meda… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
The pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass enhances the conversion efficiency to produce
biofuels and value-added chemicals, which have the potential to replace fossil fuels …

Ionic liquid based pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for enhanced bioconversion

Z Usmani, M Sharma, P Gupta, Y Karpichev… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most plentiful renewable biomolecule and an alternative
bioresource for the production of biofuels and biochemicals in biorefineries. But biomass …

Multiscale studies on ionic liquids

K Dong, X Liu, H Dong, X Zhang, S Zhang - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Ionic liquids (ILs) offer a wide range of promising applications because of their much
enhanced properties. However, further development of such materials depends on the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and challenges of inter-disciplinary biomass valorization by integrating hydrothermal and biological techniques

B Song, R Lin, CH Lam, H Wu, TH Tsui, Y Yu - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass valorization for the production of various value-added biochemicals and biofuels
plays a significant role in modern biorefineries/bioenergy towards a climate neutrality future …

Insight into progress in pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass

AW Bhutto, K Qureshi, K Harijan, R Abro, T Abbas… - Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Cost effective pretreatment is key to commercial success of use of lignocellulosic material
(LCM) as feedstock for production of bioethanol. The seasonal nature and annual variability …

Ionic liquid-based materials: A platform to design engineered CO 2 separation membranes

LC Tomé, IM Marrucho - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
During the past decade, significant advances in ionic liquid-based materials for the
development of CO2 separation membranes have been accomplished. This review presents …

Cellulose solvent-based pretreatment for enhanced second-generation biofuel production: a review

B Satari, K Karimi, R Kumar - Sustainable energy & fuels, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
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 …

Progress on the pre-treatment of lignocellulosic biomass employing ionic liquids

P Halder, S Kundu, S Patel, A Setiawan, R Atkin… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2019 - Elsevier
The effective pre-treatment methods are required for the destruction of the complex biomass
structure to economically produce high grade fuels and valuable platform chemicals. Ionic …

Chemical conversion pathways for carbohydrates

C Chatterjee, F Pong, A Sen - Green Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass has emerged as a potential alternative feedstock to dwindling fossil fuel reserves.
Starting in the 1990s, extensive research has been directed towards the synthesis of useful …

Targeted chemical upgrading of lignocellulosic biomass to platform molecules

JS Luterbacher, DM Alonso, JA Dumesic - Green Chemistry, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This review presents an overview of the initial targeted chemical processing stages for
conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to platform molecules that serve as intermediates for …