Imidazole: Prospect Solvent for Lignocellulosic Biomass Fractionation and Delignification

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1643-1652

  Morais, Ana Rita C ^a,b   Pinto, Joana Vaz ^c   Nunes, Daniela ^c   Roseiro, Luísa B ^a   Oliveira, Maria Conceição ^d   Fortunato, Elvira ^c   Bogel Łukasik, Rafał ^a  

^a LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE ENERGIA E GEOLOGIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIA DOS MATERIAIS   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biorefinery; Crystallinity; Delignification; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Green solvent; Imidazole; Lignocellulose; Pretreatment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELLULOSE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DELIGNIFICATION; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RECOVERY; SOLVENTS; STRAW;

BIOREFINERIES; CRYSTALLINITIES; GREEN SOLVENTS; IMIDAZOLE; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PRE-TREATMENT;

ENZYMATIC HYDROLYSIS;

BIOMASS; DELIGNIFICATION; FRACTIONATION; HEMICELLULOSES; PRETREATMENT; REFINERS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 84960155445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b01600     Document Type: Article

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