An overview on lignocellulose pretreatment and recalcitrant characteristics

Huagong Xuebao/CIESC Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 677-687

  Cui, Mei ^a   Huang, Renliang ^a   Su, Rongxin ^a   Qi, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yimin ^a   He, Zhimin ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomass; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Lignocellulose; Pretreatment; Recalcitrant characteristics

Indexed keywords

BIOREFINERIES; CELLULOSE HYDROLYSIS; COLD PRETREATMENT; CRYSTALLINITIES; GREEN SOLVENTS; KEY FACTORS; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PRETREATMENT; PRETREATMENT TECHNOLOGY; RECALCITRANT CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH PROGRESS;

BIOMASS; ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; TECHNOLOGY;

CELLULOSE;

EID: 84863339068     PISSN: 04381157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0438-1157.2012.03.002     Document Type: Review

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