Imidazolium-based ionic liquids for cellulose pretreatment: recent progresses and future perspectives

Y Cao, R Zhang, T Cheng, J Guo, M Xian… - Applied microbiology and …, 2017 - Springer
As the most abundant biomass in nature, cellulose is considered to be an excellent
feedstock to produce renewable fuels and fine chemicals. Due to its hydrogen-bonded …

Comparative analysis of the chemical and biochemical synthesis of keto acids

Z Luo, S Yu, W Zeng, J Zhou - Biotechnology advances, 2021 - Elsevier
Keto acids are essential organic acids that are widely applied in pharmaceuticals,
cosmetics, food, beverages, and feed additives as well as chemical synthesis. Currently …

TGA-FTIR study on the slow pyrolysis of lignin and cellulose-rich fractions derived from imidazolium-based ionic liquid pre-treatment of sugarcane straw

P Halder, S Kundu, S Patel, R Parthasarathy… - Energy Conversion and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Slow pyrolysis of regenerated cellulose-rich material (RCRM) and recovered lignin
produced from imidazolium-based ionic liquid (IL) pre-treatment of sugarcane straw (SCS) …

The pyrolysis kinetics of the conversion of Malaysian kaolin to metakaolin

MI Khan, HU Khan, K Azizli, S Sufian, Z Man… - Applied Clay …, 2017 - Elsevier
The aim of this work was to study the pyrolysis kinetics of the thermal transformation of kaolin
to metakaolin with the aid of models and model free isoconversional methods. Thermal …

Effect of protic ionic liquid treatment on the pyrolysis products of lignin extracted from oil palm biomass

T Rashid, F Sher, AS Khan, U Khalid, T Rasheed… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The lignin extracted from biomass acts as a renewable energy source with a vast range of
value-added applications. Aprotic ionic liquid pyridinium formate [PyFor] has been …

Dicationic ionic liquids as sustainable approach for direct conversion of cellulose to levulinic acid

AS Khan, Z Man, MA Bustam, CF Kait… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
The conversion of cellulose to platform chemicals and renewable energies is the most
promising and sustainable route to solve the crisis of fossil fuel resources. With this aim, the …

Research progress on levoglucosan production via pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass and its effective recovery from bio-oil

IG Hakeem, P Halder, MH Marzbali, S Patel… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Production of high value biochemicals from lignocellulose biomass via pyrolysis, particularly
levoglucosan (LG) has received immense attention in recent years. LG production via fast …

Probe sonication assisted ionic liquid treatment for rapid dissolution of lignocellulosic biomass

AHA Rahim, Z Man, A Sarwono, N Muhammad… - Cellulose, 2020 - Springer
The dependence on fossil fuel in recent years has accentuated the importance of renewable
resources such as biomass. Lignocellulosic biomass consisting mainly of cellulose …

Kinetics and thermodynamic parameters of ionic liquid pretreated rubber wood biomass

AS Khan, Z Man, MA Bustam, CF Kait, Z Ullah… - Journal of Molecular …, 2016 - Elsevier
The impact of ionic liquids (ILs) namely 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMim][Cl])
and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([BMIM][OAc]) on rubber wood pyrolysis kinetic and …

Ionic liquid-assisted production of high-porosity biochar with more surface functional groups: Taking cellulose as attacking target

F Yang, X Zuo, H Yang, Q Ke, Y Huang, X Cao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biochar has been widely used as a multifunctional environmental material, mainly attributing
to its porous structure and O-containing functional groups. However, it is hard to …