A concise review of current lignin production, applications, products and their environmental impact

DS Bajwa, G Pourhashem, AH Ullah… - Industrial Crops and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignin is the second most abundant natural material on the earth. Commercially, it is
generated as a waste product from the paper and ethanol production. The worldwide …

Current advancement on the isolation, characterization and application of lignin

JJ Liao, NH Abd Latif, D Trache, N Brosse… - International journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
The most critical issues faced by the world nowadays is to provide the sustainability of
consumption for energy and natural resources. Lignin is said to be one of the alternative …

Lignin-derived (nano) materials for environmental pollution remediation: Current challenges and future perspectives

M Sajjadi, F Ahmadpoor, M Nasrollahzadeh… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The supply of affordable drinking and sufficiently clean water for human consumption is one
of the world's foremost environmental problems and a large number of scientific research …

Lignin biopolymers in the age of controlled polymerization

MS Ganewatta, HN Lokupitiya, C Tang - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Polymers made from natural biomass are gaining interest due to the rising environmental
concerns and depletion of petrochemical resources. Lignin isolated from lignocellulosic …

Recent advances in lignin-based carbon fibers (LCFs): precursors, fabrications, properties, and applications

SC Sun, Y Xu, JL Wen, TQ Yuan, RC Sun - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
To meet the huge market demand for carbon fibers (CFs), great efforts have been focused
on developing low-cost and sustainable CFs with comparable properties. Lignin, a …

Recent advances in lignin-based carbon materials and their applications: A review

M Yao, X Bi, Z Wang, P Yu, A Dufresne… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the most abundant natural aromatic polymer, tens of million of tons of lignin produced in
paper-making or biorefinery industry are used as fuel annually, which is a low-value …

Structural and molecular-weight-dependency in the formation of lignin nanoparticles from fractionated soft-and hardwood lignins

IV Pylypchuk, A Riazanova, ME Lindström… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The use of lignin from forests as a renewable resource is a greener alternative to the
petrochemical industry and accelerates the progress towards the development of more …

Phosphorus-containing carbons: Preparation, properties and utilization

AM Puziy, OI Poddubnaya, B Gawdzik, JMD Tascón - Carbon, 2020 - Elsevier
Heteroatom doping of carbon materials modifies their chemical and electronic properties.
Phosphorus-containing carbon materials are reviewed by focusing on their preparation …

Recent advances in synthesis and degradation of lignin and lignin nanoparticles and their emerging applications in nanotechnology

VK Yadav, N Gupta, P Kumar, MG Dashti, V Tirth… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Lignin is an important commercially produced polymeric material. It is used extensively in
both industrial and agricultural activities. Recently, it has drawn much attention from the …

[PDF][PDF] Biorefinery review: Wide-reaching products through kraft lignin

IF Demuner, JL Colodette, AJ Demuner… - …, 2019 - bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu
This review details the structure of lignin and curates information on the characteristics that
this polymer must have for each specific use. Lignin is a by-product of the pulp and paper …