Recent advances and sustainable development of biofuels production from lignocellulosic biomass

A Saravanan, PS Kumar, S Jeevanantham… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Many countries in the world are facing the demand for non-renewable fossil fuels because of
overpopulation and economic boom. To reduce environmental pollution and zero carbon …

Exploring agricultural waste biomass for energy, food and feed production and pollution mitigation: A review

S Babu, SS Rathore, R Singh, S Kumar, VK Singh… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally agricultural production system generates a huge amount of solid waste. Improper
agri-waste management causes environmental pollution which resulted in economic losses …

Cellulose nanocrystals: Pretreatments, preparation strategies, and surface functionalization

AK Rana, E Frollini, VK Thakur - International Journal of Biological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) have attracted great interest from researchers from academic
and industrial areas because of their interesting structural features and unique …

Lignocellulosic biomass as renewable feedstock for biodegradable and recyclable plastics production: A sustainable approach

T Raj, K Chandrasekhar, AN Kumar, SH Kim - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
Rapid increment in fossil-derived single-use plastic disposal has led to human-made plastic
mountains and leading to ecological imbalance. Therefore, the development of alternative …

Global status of lignocellulosic biorefinery: Challenges and perspectives

N Singh, RR Singhania, PS Nigam, CD Dong… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomass to produce bio-based products under
biorefinery setup is gaining global attention. The economic viability of this biorefinery would …

Challenges and opportunities of lignocellulosic biomass gasification in the path of circular bioeconomy

A Akbarian, A Andooz, E Kowsari, S Ramakrishna… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy deficiency issues and intense environmental pollution have exacted the
production of biofuels which are both renewable and sustainable and can be used to …

Integrated biorefinery processes for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to value added materials: Paving a path towards circular economy

G Velvizhi, K Balakumar, NP Shetti, E Ahmad… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is an effective and sustainable alternative for petroleum-derived
fuels and chemicals to produce biofuels and bio-based products. Despite the high …

Possibilities and limitations of biotechnological plastic degradation and recycling

R Wei, T Tiso, J Bertling, K O'Connor, LM Blank… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Considerable research achievements were made to address the plastic crisis using
biotechnology, but this is still limited to polyesters. This Comment aims to clarify important …

Lignocellulosic biomass: understanding recalcitrance and predicting hydrolysis

A Zoghlami, G Paës - Frontiers in chemistry, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Lignocellulosic biomass (LB) is an abundant and renewable resource from plants mainly
composed of polysaccharides (cellulose and hemicelluloses) and an aromatic polymer …

Deconstruction and reassembly of renewable polymers and biocolloids into next generation structured materials

BL Tardy, BD Mattos, CG Otoni, M Beaumont… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …