Lignin for energy applications–state of the art, life cycle, technoeconomic analysis and future trends

A Beaucamp, M Muddasar, IS Amiinu, MM Leite… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin is produced in large quantities as a by-product of the papermaking and biofuel
industries. Lignin is the most abundant aromatic biopolymer on the planet with its chemical …

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 …

An “ideal lignin” facilitates full biomass utilization

Y Li, L Shuai, H Kim, AH Motagamwala, JK Mobley… - Science …, 2018 - science.org
Lignin, a major component of lignocellulosic biomass, is crucial to plant growth and
development but is a major impediment to efficient biomass utilization in various processes …

Progress in the design and synthesis of biobased epoxy covalent adaptable networks

XL Zhao, YD Li, JB Zeng - Polymer Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Epoxy thermosets have outstanding physical and chemical properties, but they are
unrecyclable/non-degradable due to their permanently cross-linked networks, and are also …

[HTML][HTML] Review of life cycle assessments of lignin and derived products: Lessons learned

C Moretti, B Corona, R Hoefnagels… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last decade, the use of lignin as a bio-based alternative for fossil-based products has
attracted significant attention, and the first LCAs of lignin and derived products have been …

Sustainability implications of artificial intelligence in the chemical industry: A conceptual framework

M Liao, K Lan, Y Yao - Journal of industrial ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Artificial intelligence (AI) is an emerging technology that has great potential in reducing
energy consumption, environmental burdens, and operational risks of chemical production …

The temptation from homogeneous linear catechyl lignin

S Wang, Q Shen, S Su, J Lin, G Song - Trends in Chemistry, 2022 - cell.com
Lignin, one of the largest sources of naturally produced aromatic biopolymer on the planet,
is considered as a starting point to generate sustainable chemicals and materials. In 2012, a …

2G waste lignin to fuel and high value-added chemicals: Approaches, challenges and future outlook for sustainable development

P Sivagurunathan, T Raj, CS Mohanta, S Semwal… - Chemosphere, 2021 - Elsevier
Lignin is produced as a byproduct in cellulosic biorefinery as well in pulp and paper
industries and has the potential for the synthesis of a variety of phenolics chemicals …

Highly efficient conversion of Kraft lignin into liquid fuels with a Co-Zn-beta zeolite catalyst

X Dou, X Jiang, W Li, C Zhu, Q Liu, Q Lu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Kraft lignin depolymerization to liquid fuels with high yields is crucial to the comprehensive
achievement of sustainable and economic feasibility. Herein, we prepared a bimetallic Co …

Next generation applications of lignin derived commodity products, their life cycle, techno-economics and societal analysis

PS Chauhan, R Agrawal, R Kumar, RP Gupta… - International journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The pulp and biorefining industries produce their waste as lignin, which is one of the most
abundant renewable resources. So far, lignin has been remained severely underutilized and …