Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels

LR Lynd, GT Beckham, AM Guss… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Developing economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

Biorefineries in circular bioeconomy: A comprehensive review

AT Ubando, CB Felix, WH Chen - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Biorefinery is a sustainable means of generating multiple bioenergy products from various
biomass feedstocks through the incorporation of relevant conversion technologies. With the …

Creative biological lignin conversion routes toward lignin valorization

ZH Liu, BZ Li, JS Yuan, YJ Yuan - Trends in Biotechnology, 2022 - cell.com
Lignin, the largest renewable aromatic resource, is a promising alternative feedstock for the
sustainable production of various chemicals, fuels, and materials. Despite this potential …

Valorisation of lignocellulosic biomass to value-added products: Paving the pathway towards low-carbon footprint

G Velvizhi, C Goswami, NP Shetti, E Ahmad, KK Pant… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Biofuel is the presently needed potential energy reservoir as an alternative to wearying fossil
fuel-based technology. Second generation lignocellulose is considered to be the most …

Pyrolytic lignin: a promising biorefinery feedstock for the production of fuels and valuable chemicals

MB Figueirêdo, I Hita, PJ Deuss, RH Venderbosch… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignocellulosic biomass is a key feedstock for the sustainable production of biofuels,
biobased chemicals and performance materials. Biomass can be efficiently converted into …

Critical enzyme reactions in aromatic catabolism for microbial lignin conversion

E Erickson, A Bleem, E Kuatsjah, AZ Werner… - Nature Catalysis, 2022 - nature.com
The application of microbes to valorize aromatic compounds derived from the abundant
plant biopolymer lignin is a rapidly developing area of research that may ultimately enable …

Lignin valorisation via enzymes: A sustainable approach

RR Singhania, AK Patel, T Raj, CW Chen… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin is the 3rd most abundant biopolymer surpassed by cellulose and hemicellulose and
is the most abundant aromatics resource available on earth for utilization by mankind. It was …

Transforming biorefinery designs with 'Plug-In Processes of Lignin'to enable economic waste valorization

ZH Liu, N Hao, YY Wang, C Dou, F Lin, R Shen… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Biological lignin valorization has emerged as a major solution for sustainable and cost-
effective biorefineries. However, current biorefineries yield lignin with inadequate …

Biological degradation of lignin: A critical review on progress and perspectives

L Zhao, J Zhang, D Zhao, L Jia, B Qin, X Cao… - Industrial Crops and …, 2022 - Elsevier
As the second most abundant biopolymer on earth after cellulose, lignin is considered to be
an alternative source of various polymers and biomaterials since it can be cleaved into a …

Cascading of engineered bioenergy plants and fungi sustainable for low-cost bioethanol and high-value biomaterials under green-like biomass processing

Y Wang, P Liu, G Zhang, Q Yang, J Lu, T Xia… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant cell walls contain the most abundant sustainable biomass resource for biofuels and
biomaterials on the earth. However, lignocellulose recalcitrance generally requires a costly …