Ionic Liquid Pretreatment: Mechanism, Performance, and Challenges

Aqueous Pretreatment of Plant Biomass for Biological and Chemical Conversion to Fuels and Chemicals

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 223-238

  Singh, Seema ^a,b   Simmons, Blake A ^a,b  

^a JOINT BIOENERGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass recalcitrance; Cellulose crystallinity; Ionic liquid pretreatment; Ionic liquids; Lignin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886007131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470975831.ch11     Document Type: Chapter

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