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Bregado JL, Secchi AR, Tavares FW. A density functional theory study on interactions in water-bridged dimeric complexes of lignin. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:9234-9252. [PMID: 38444363 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00312h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2024]
Abstract
Lignin is the main plant cell wall component responsible for recalcitrance in the process of lignocellulosic biomass conversion into biofuels. The recalcitrance and insolubility of lignin in different reaction media are due in part to the hydrogen bonds and π interactions that hold syringyl (S) and guaiacyl (G) units together and promote the formation of stable water-bridged dimeric complexes (WBDCs): S⋯G and S⋯S, in native lignin. The current understanding of how each type of interaction influences the stability of these complexes within lignin native cell walls is still limited. Here, we found by DFT calculations that hydrogen bonding is more dominant than π-stacking interaction between aromatic rings of WBDCs. Although there is a stronger interaction of hydrogen bonds between subunits and water and higher π-stacking interaction in the S⋯S complex compared to the S⋯G complex, the former complex is less thermodynamically stable than the latter due to the entropic contribution coming from the methoxy substituents in the S-unit. Our results demonstrate that the methoxylation degree of lignin units does not significantly influence the structural geometries of WBDCs; if anything, an enhanced dispersion interaction between ring aromatics results in quasi-sandwich geometries as found in "coiled" lignin structures in the xylem tissue of wood. In the same way as that with ionic liquids, polar solvents can dissolve S-lignin by favorable interactions with the aliphatic hydroxyl group in the α-position as the key site or the aromatic hydroxyl group as the secondary site.
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- Jurgen Lange Bregado
- Chemical Engineering Program, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, CP: 21941-914, Brazil.
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- Chemical Engineering Program, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, CP: 21941-914, Brazil.
- Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering Program, Escola de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, CP: 21941-909, Brazil
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- Chemical Engineering Program, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, CP: 21941-914, Brazil.
- Chemical and Biochemical Process Engineering Program, Escola de Química, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Cidade Universitária, Rio de Janeiro, CP: 21941-909, Brazil
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Hoang AT, Nguyen XP, Duong XQ, Ağbulut Ü, Len C, Nguyen PQP, Kchaou M, Chen WH. Steam explosion as sustainable biomass pretreatment technique for biofuel production: Characteristics and challenges. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 385:129398. [PMID: 37385558 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2023] [Revised: 06/23/2023] [Accepted: 06/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/01/2023]
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The biorefining process of lignocellulosic biomass has recently emerged as one of the most profitable biofuel production options. However, pretreatment is required to improve the recalcitrant lignocellulose's enzymatic conversion efficiency. Among biomass pretreatment methods, the steam explosion is an eco-friendly, inexpensive, and effective approach to pretreating biomass, significantly promoting biofuel production efficiency and yield. This review paper critically presents the steam explosion's reaction mechanism and technological characteristics for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment. Indeed, the principles of steam explosion technology for lignocellulosic biomass pretreatment were scrutinized. Moreover, the impacts of process factors on pretreatment efficiency and sugar recovery for the following biofuel production were also discussed in detail. Finally, the limitations and prospects of steam explosion pretreatment were mentioned. Generally, steam explosion technology applications could bring great potential in pretreating biomass, although deeper studies are needed to deploy this method on industrial scales.
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- Anh Tuan Hoang
- Institute of Engineering, HUTECH University, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- PATET Research Group, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Vietnam Maritime University, Haiphong, Viet Nam
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Duzce University, 81620, Düzce, Türkiye
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- PSL Research University, Chimie ParisTech, CNRS, Paris Cedex 05, France
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- PATET Research Group, Ho Chi Minh City University of Transport, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Bisha, P.O. Box 1, Bisha, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; Research Center for Smart Sustainable Circular Economy, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Chin-Yi University of Technology, Taichung 411, Taiwan.
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Wang F, Liu B, Cao W, Liu L, Zeng F, Qin C, Liang C, Huang C, Yao S. Novel dual-action vanillic acid pretreatment for efficient hemicellulose separation with simultaneous inhibition of lignin condensation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 385:129416. [PMID: 37390932 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.129416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/12/2023] [Revised: 06/26/2023] [Accepted: 06/27/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Aromatic acids play a selective role in the separation of hemicellulose. Phenolic acids have demonstrated an inhibitory effect on lignin condensation. In the current study, vanillic acid (VA), which combines the characteristics of aromatic and phenolic acids, is used to separate eucalyptus. The efficient and selective separation of hemicellulose is achieved simultaneously at 170 °C, 8.0% VA concentration, and 80 min. The separation yield of xylose increased from 78.80% to 88.59% compared to acetic acid (AA) pretreatment. The separation yield of lignin decreased from 19.32% to 11.19%. In particular, the β-O-4 content of lignin increased by 5.78% after pretreatment. The results indicate that VA, as a "carbon positive ion scavenger", it preferentially reacts with the carbon-positive ion intermediate of lignin. Surprisingly, the inhibition of lignin condensation is achieved. This study provides a new starting point for the development of an efficient and sustainable commercial technology by organic acid pretreatment.
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- Fei Wang
- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industrial and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industrial and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industrial and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industrial and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industrial and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industrial and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industrial and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, PR China
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- Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, School of Light Industrial and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, PR China.
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Madadi M, Elsayed M, Sun F, Wang J, Karimi K, Song G, Tabatabaei M, Aghbashlo M. Sustainable lignocellulose fractionation by integrating p-toluenesulfonic acid/pentanol pretreatment with mannitol for efficient production of glucose, native-like lignin, and furfural. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2023; 371:128591. [PMID: 36627085 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2023.128591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2022] [Revised: 01/05/2023] [Accepted: 01/06/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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A new cutting-edge lignocellulose fractionation technology for the co-production of glucose, native-like lignin, and furfural was introduced using mannitol (MT)-assisted p-toluenesulfonic acid/pentanol pretreatment, as an eco-friendly process. The addition of optimized 5% MT in pretreatment enhanced the delignification rate by 29% and enlarged the surface area and biomass porosity by 1.07-1.80 folds. This increased the glucose yield by 45% (from 65.34 to 94.54%) after enzymatic hydrolysis relative to those without MT. The extracted lignin in the organic phase of pretreatment exhibited β-O-4 bonds (61.54/100 Ar) properties of native cellulosic enzyme lignin. Lignin characterization and molecular docking analyses revealed that the hydroxyl tails of MT were incorporated with lignin and formed etherified lignin, which preserved high lignin integrity. The solubilized hemicellulose (96%) in the liquid phase of pretreatment was converted into furfural with a yield of 83.99%. The MT-assisted pretreatment could contribute to a waste-free biorefinery pathway toward a circular bioeconomy.
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- Meysam Madadi
- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China; Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt.
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Department of Environmental Engineering, School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
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- Key Laboratory of Industrial Biotechnology, Ministry of Education, School of Biotechnology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China
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- Higher Institution Centre of Excellence (HICoE), Institute of Tropical Aquaculture and Fisheries (AKUATROP), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, 21030 Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
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Tong W, Fang H, Song K, Xie X, Wang J, Jin Y, Wu S, Hu J, Chu Q. Modified acid pretreatment to alter physicochemical properties of biomass for full cellulose/hemicellulose utilization. Carbohydr Polym 2023; 299:120182. [PMID: 36876797 DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Revised: 09/03/2022] [Accepted: 09/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Acid pretreatment of biomass decomposed hemicelluloses but could not effectively remove lignin, which hindered biomass saccharification and carbohydrates utilization. In this work, 2-naphthol-7-sulfonate (NS) and sodium bisulfite (SUL) were simultaneously added to acid pretreatment, which was found to synergistically increase hydrolysis yield of cellulose from 47.9 % to 90.6 %. Based on in-depth investigations, strong linear correlations were observed between cellulose accessibility and lignin removal, fiber swelling, CrI/cellulose ratio, cellulose crystallite size, respectively, indicating that some physicochemical characteristics of cellulose played significant roles in improving cellulose hydrolysis yield. After enzymatic hydrolysis, 84 % carbohydrates could be liberated and recovered as fermentable sugars for subsequent utilization. Mass balance illustrated that for 100 kg raw biomass, 15.1 kg xylonic acid and 20.5 kg ethanol could be co-produced, indicating the efficient utilization of biomass carbohydrates.
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- Wenyao Tong
- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Silviculture, Protection and Utilization, Guangdong Academy of Forestry, Guangzhou 510520, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB T2N 1Z4, Canada
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, No. 159 Longpan Road, Nanjing 210037, China.
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Hou S, Shen B, Zhang D, Li R, Xu X, Wang K, Lai C, Yong Q. Understanding of promoting enzymatic hydrolysis of combined hydrothermal and deep eutectic solvent pretreated poplars by Tween 80. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 362:127825. [PMID: 36031133 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 08/17/2022] [Accepted: 08/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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In this study, lignin blockers including non-catalytic protein and surfactants were employed to promote enzymatic digestibility of pretreated poplars. Among them, Tween 80 exhibited the most pronounced facilitation, improving the glucose yield from 26.6% to 99.6% at a low enzyme loading (10 FPU/g glucan), and readily reduced the required cellulase loading by 75%. The underlying mechanism for this remarkable improvement on glucose yields by Tween 80 was elucidated. The impacts of Tween 80 on the enzyme-lignin interaction were explored by quartz crystal microbalance analysis, revealing that the binding rate of Tween 80 on lignin surfaces was 3-fold higher than that of enzyme. More importantly, Tween 80 remarkably decreased the binding capacity and binding rate of enzyme on lignins. Furthermore, the substrate properties dominating the increase in glucose yields with Tween 80 were explored. The results facilitate to understand the underlying mechanism of the promotion of surfactants on enzymatic hydrolysis.
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- Shuwen Hou
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Forestry Genetics & Biotechnology (Nanjing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing 210042, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China.
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Forestry Genetics & Biotechnology (Nanjing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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Wu J, Ebadian M, Kim KH, Kim CS, Saddler J. The use of steam pretreatment to enhance pellet durability and the enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of pellets to fermentable sugars. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 347:126731. [PMID: 35074465 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2022.126731] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Although densified wood pellets are an attractive biomass feedstock for bioenergy and biofuels production, partly due to their ease of transport, their friability and hygroscopic nature (attraction of moisture) have proven problematic in terms of storage and handling. Pre-steaming the biomass was shown to reduce the need for size reduction, significantly increasing pellet durability by relocating the plant cell wall lignin to the fibre surface and consequently enhancing binding between particles. Although steam pretreatment has been shown to facilitate enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of biomass, by increasing cellulose accessibility, drying and pelletization partially impeded enzymatic hydrolysis. However, the incorporation of alkaline deacetylation or neutral sulfonation step prior to pre-steaming was shown to mitigate many of the negative effects of drying. Although drying and pelletization did not significantly impact the redistribution of lignin, a mild mechanical refining step was shown to further enhance the hydrolysis of the cellulose component of the pelletized biomass.
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- Jie Wu
- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Del Río PG, Gullón B, Wu J, Saddler J, Garrote G, Romaní A. Current breakthroughs in the hardwood biorefineries: Hydrothermal processing for the co-production of xylooligosaccharides and bioethanol. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2022; 343:126100. [PMID: 34626760 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 10/04/2021] [Accepted: 10/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The development of lignocellulosic biorefineries requires a first stage of pretreatment which enables the efficient valorization of all fractions present in this renewable material. In this sense, this review aims to show the main advantages of hydrothermal treatment as a first step of a biorefinery infrastructure using hardwood as raw material, as well as, main drawback to overcome. Hydrothermal treatment of hardwood highlights for its high selectivity for hemicelluloses solubilization as xylooligosaccharides (XOS). Nevertheless, the suitable conditions for XOS production are inadequate to achieve an elevate cellulose to glucose conversion. Hence, several strategies namely the combination of hydrothermal treatment with delignification process, in situ modification of lignin and the mixture with another renewable resources (concretely, seaweeds, and by-products generated in the food industry with high sugar content) were pinpointed as promising alternative to increase the final ethanol concentration coupled with XOS recovery in the hydrolysate.
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- Pablo G Del Río
- Universidade de Vigo, Departamento de Enxeñería Química, Facultade de Ciencias, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Universidade de Vigo, Departamento de Enxeñería Química, Facultade de Ciencias, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Universidade de Vigo, Departamento de Enxeñería Química, Facultade de Ciencias, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Universidade de Vigo, Departamento de Enxeñería Química, Facultade de Ciencias, 32004 Ourense, Spain.
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Yuan Y, Jiang B, Chen H, Wu W, Wu S, Jin Y, Xiao H. Recent advances in understanding the effects of lignin structural characteristics on enzymatic hydrolysis. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:205. [PMID: 34670604 PMCID: PMC8527784 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-02054-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 10/10/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose for bioethanol production shows a great potential to remit the rapid consumption of fossil fuels, given the fact that lignocellulose feedstocks are abundant, cost-efficient, and renewable. Lignin results in low enzymatic saccharification by forming the steric hindrance, non-productive adsorption of cellulase onto lignin, and deactivating the cellulase. In general, the non-productive binding of cellulase on lignin is widely known as the major cause for inhibiting the enzymatic hydrolysis. Pretreatment is an effective way to remove lignin and improve the enzymatic digestibility of lignocellulose. Along with removing lignin, the pretreatment can modify the lignin structure, which significantly affects the non-productive adsorption of cellulase onto lignin. To relieve the inhibitory effect of lignin on enzymatic hydrolysis, enormous efforts have been made to elucidate the correlation of lignin structure with lignin-enzyme interactions but with different views. In addition, contrary to the traditional belief that lignin inhibits enzymatic hydrolysis, in recent years, the addition of water-soluble lignin such as lignosulfonate or low molecular-weight lignin exerts a positive effect on enzymatic hydrolysis, which gives a new insight into the lignin-enzyme interactions. For throwing light on their structure-interaction relationship during enzymatic hydrolysis, the effect of residual lignin in substrate and introduced lignin in hydrolysate on enzymatic hydrolysis are critically reviewed, aiming at realizing the targeted regulation of lignin structure for improving the saccharification of lignocellulose. The review is also focused on exploring the lignin-enzyme interactions to mitigate the negative impact of lignin and reducing the cost of enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulose.
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- Yufeng Yuan
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China.
- Laboratory of Wood Chemistry, Nanjing Forestry University, 159 Longpan Rd, Nanjing, 210037, China.
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, E3B 11 5A3, Canada
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de Freitas EN, Alnoch RC, Contato AG, Nogueira KMV, Crevelin EJ, de Moraes LAB, Silva RN, Martínez CA, Polizeli MDLTM. Enzymatic Pretreatment with Laccases from Lentinus sajor-caju Induces Structural Modification in Lignin and Enhances the Digestibility of Tropical Forage Grass ( Panicum maximum) Grown under Future Climate Conditions. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:ijms22179445. [PMID: 34502353 PMCID: PMC8431176 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22179445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2021] [Revised: 08/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Since laccase acts specifically in lignin, the major contributor to biomass recalcitrance, this biocatalyst represents an important alternative to the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. Therefore, this study investigates the laccase pretreatment and climate change effects on the hydrolytic performance of Panicum maximum. Through a Trop-T-FACE system, P. maximum grew under current (Control (C)) and future climate conditions: elevated temperature (2 °C more than the ambient canopy temperature) combined with elevated atmospheric CO2 concentration(600 μmol mol−1), name as eT+eC. Pretreatment using a laccase-rich crude extract from Lentinus sajor caju was optimized through statistical strategies, resulting in an increase in the sugar yield of P. maximum biomass (up to 57%) comparing to non-treated biomass and enabling hydrolysis at higher solid loading, achieving up to 26 g L−1. These increments are related to lignin removal (up to 46%) and lignin hydrophilization catalyzed by laccase. Results from SEM, CLSM, FTIR, and GC-MS supported the laccase-catalyzed lignin removal. Moreover, laccase mitigates climate effects, and no significant differences in hydrolytic potential were found between C and eT+eC groups. This study shows that crude laccase pretreatment is a potential and sustainable method for biorefinery solutions and helped establish P. maximum as a promising energy crop.
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- Emanuelle Neiverth de Freitas
- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil; (E.N.d.F.); (A.G.C.); (K.M.V.N.); (R.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14050-901, Brazil; (R.C.A.); (C.A.M.)
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil; (E.N.d.F.); (A.G.C.); (K.M.V.N.); (R.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil; (E.N.d.F.); (A.G.C.); (K.M.V.N.); (R.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14050-901, Brazil; (E.J.C.); (L.A.B.d.M.)
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- Departamento de Química, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14050-901, Brazil; (E.J.C.); (L.A.B.d.M.)
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil; (E.N.d.F.); (A.G.C.); (K.M.V.N.); (R.N.S.)
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- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14050-901, Brazil; (R.C.A.); (C.A.M.)
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- Departamento de Bioquímica e Imunologia, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14049-900, Brazil; (E.N.d.F.); (A.G.C.); (K.M.V.N.); (R.N.S.)
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14050-901, Brazil; (R.C.A.); (C.A.M.)
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Takada M, Minami E, Kawamoto H. Topochemistry of the Delignification of Japanese Beech ( Fagus crenata) Wood by Supercritical Methanol Treatment. ACS OMEGA 2021; 6:20924-20930. [PMID: 34423200 PMCID: PMC8374910 DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.1c02345] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The topochemistry of Japanese beech (Fagus crenata) wood delignification was evaluated in this study following a supercritical methanol treatment (270 °C, 27 MPa). Ultraviolet microscopic analysis of the insoluble residue revealed that the lignin in the secondary wall was easily decomposed and removed because of the preferential cleavage of ether-type linkages. In contrast, the middle lamella lignin was initially resistant to supercritical methanol but eventually decomposed and was removed. In addition, UV-absorbing secondary products formed selectively inside the parenchyma cells. Results from the supercritical methanol treatment of demineralized beech wood indicated that inorganic substances in the lumen of parenchyma affected the formation of these secondary products, thus leading to an overestimation of the residual lignin. Therefore, the topochemistry of delignification was more precisely evaluated when using demineralized beech wood.
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Chu Q, Tong W, Chen J, Wu S, Jin Y, Hu J, Song K. Organosolv pretreatment assisted by carbocation scavenger to mitigate surface barrier effect of lignin for improving biomass saccharification and utilization. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:136. [PMID: 34118969 PMCID: PMC8199801 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-01988-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2021] [Accepted: 06/05/2021] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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BACKGROUND Ethanol organosolv (EOS) pretreatment is one of the most efficient methods for boosting biomass saccharification as it can achieve an efficient fractionation of three major constituents in lignocellulose. However, lignin repolymerization often occurs in acid EOS pretreatment, which impairs subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis. This study investigated acid EOS pretreatment assisted by carbocation scavenger (2-naphthol, 2-naphthol-7-sulfonate, mannitol and syringic acid) to improve biomass fractionation, coproduction of fermentable sugars and lignin adsorbents. In addition, surface barrier effect of lignin on cellulose hydrolysis was isolated from unproductive binding effect of lignin, and the analyses of surface chemistry, surface morphology and surface area were carried out to reveal the lignin inhibition mitigating effect of various additives. RESULTS Four different additives all helped mitigate lignin inhibition on cellulose hydrolysis in particular diminishing surface barrier effect, among which 2-naphthol-7-sulfonate showed the best performance in improving pretreatment efficacy, while mannitol and syringic acid could serve as novel green additives. Through the addition of 2-naphthol-7-sulfonate, selective lignin removal was increased up to 76%, while cellulose hydrolysis yield was improved by 85%. As a result, 35.78 kg cellulose and 16.63 kg hemicellulose from 100 kg poplar could be released and recovered as fermentable sugars, corresponding to a sugar yield of 78%. Moreover, 22.56 kg ethanol organosolv lignin and 17.53 kg enzymatic hydrolysis residue could be recovered as lignin adsorbents for textile dye removal, with the adsorption capacities of 45.87 and 103.09 mg g-1, respectively. CONCLUSIONS Results in this work indicated proper additives could give rise to the form of less repolymerized surface lignin, which would decrease the unproductive binding of cellulase enzymes to surface lignin. Besides, the supplementation of additives (NS, MT and SA) resulted in a simultaneously increased surface area and decreased lignin coverage. All these factors contributed to the diminished surface barrier effect of lignin, thereby improving the ease of enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose. The biorefinery process based on acidic EOS pretreatment assisted by carbocation scavenger was proved to enable the coproduction of fermentable sugars and lignin adsorbents, allowing the holistic utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for a sustainable biorefinery.
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- Qiulu Chu
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, No.159 Longpan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
- International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, No.159 Longpan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, No.159 Longpan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, No.159 Longpan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
- International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, No.159 Longpan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China
- International Innovation Center for Forest Chemicals and Materials, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, 210037, China
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- Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Dr. NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 1Z4, Canada
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- College of Biology and the Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, No.159 Longpan Road, Nanjing, 210037, China.
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Novy V, Nielsen F, Cullen D, Sabat G, Houtman CJ, Hunt CG. The characteristics of insoluble softwood substrates affect fungal morphology, secretome composition, and hydrolytic efficiency of enzymes produced by Trichoderma reesei. BIOTECHNOLOGY FOR BIOFUELS 2021; 14:105. [PMID: 33902680 PMCID: PMC8074412 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-021-01955-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 04/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND On-site enzyme production using Trichoderma reesei can improve yields and lower the overall cost of lignocellulose saccharification by exploiting the fungal gene regulatory mechanism that enables it to continuously adapt enzyme secretion to the substrate used for cultivation. To harness this, the interrelation between substrate characteristics and fungal response must be understood. However, fungal morphology or gene expression studies often lack structural and chemical substrate characterization. Here, T. reesei QM6a was cultivated on three softwood substrates: northern bleached softwood Kraft pulp (NBSK) and lodgepole pine pretreated either by dilute-acid-catalyzed steam pretreatment (LP-STEX) or mild alkaline oxidation (LP-ALKOX). With different pretreatments of similar starting materials, we presented the fungus with systematically modified substrates. This allowed the elucidation of substrate-induced changes in the fungal response and the testing of the secreted enzymes' hydrolytic strength towards the same substrates. RESULTS Enzyme activity time courses correlated with hemicellulose content and cellulose accessibility. Specifically, increased amounts of side-chain-cleaving hemicellulolytic enzymes in the protein produced on the complex substrates (LP-STEX; LP-ALKOX) was observed by secretome analysis. Confocal laser scanning micrographs showed that fungal micromorphology responded to changes in cellulose accessibility and initial culture viscosity. The latter was caused by surface charge and fiber dimensions, and likely restricted mass transfer, resulting in morphologies of fungi in stress. Supplementing a basic cellulolytic enzyme mixture with concentrated T. reesei supernatant improved saccharification efficiencies of the three substrates, where cellulose, xylan, and mannan conversion was increased by up to 27, 45, and 2800%, respectively. The improvement was most pronounced for proteins produced on LP-STEX and LP-ALKOX on those same substrates, and in the best case, efficiencies reached those of a state-of-the-art commercial enzyme preparation. CONCLUSION Cultivation of T. reesei on LP-STEX and LP-ALKOX produced a protein mixture that increased the hydrolytic strength of a basic cellulase mixture to state-of-the-art performance on softwood substrates. This suggests that the fungal adaptation mechanism can be exploited to achieve enhanced performance in enzymatic hydrolysis without a priori knowledge of specific substrate requirements.
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- Vera Novy
- US Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI, 53726, USA.
- Department of Biology and Bioengineering, Division of Industrial Biotechnology, Chalmers University of Technology, Kemivägen 10, 412 96, Göteborg, Sweden.
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- US Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center, Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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- US Department of Agriculture, Forest Products Laboratory, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI, 53726, USA
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Wu J, Kim KH, Jeong K, Kim D, Kim CS, Ha JM, Chandra RP, Saddler JN. The production of lactic acid from chemi-thermomechanical pulps using a chemo-catalytic approach. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 324:124664. [PMID: 33454446 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2021.124664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Revised: 12/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Previous work has shown that sulfonation and oxidation of chemi-thermomechanical pulps (CTMPs) significantly enhanced enzyme accessibility to cellulose while recovering the majority of carbohydrates in the water-insoluble component. In the work reported here, modified (sulfonated and oxidized) CTMPs derived from hard-and-softwoods were used to produce a DL-mix of lactic acid via a chemo-catalytic approach using lanthanide triflate (Ln (OTf)3) catalysts (Ln = La, Nd, Er, and Yb). It was apparent that sulfonation and oxidation of chemi-thermomechanical pulps (CTMPs) also enhanced Ln(OTf)3 catalyst accessibility to the carbohydrate components of the pulps, with the Er(OTf)3 catalysts resulting in significant lactic acid production. Under optimum conditions (250 °C, 60 min, 0.5 mmol catalyst g-1 biomass), 72% and 67% of the respective total carbohydrate present in the hard-and-softwood CTMPs could be converted to lactic acid compared to the respective 59% and 51% yields obtained after energy-intensive ball milling.
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- Jie Wu
- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea; Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 01805, South Korea
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- Department of Physics and Chemistry, Korea Military Academy, Seoul 01805, South Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada.
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Jia Y, Yang C, Shen B, Ling Z, Huang C, Li X, Lai C, Yong Q. Comparative study on enzymatic digestibility of acid-pretreated poplar and larch based on a comprehensive analysis of the lignin-derived recalcitrance. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2021; 319:124225. [PMID: 33254454 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 10/01/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Enzymatic digestibility of an acid-pretreated poplar (AP, 42.9%) was superior to that of a similarly acid-pretreated larch (AL, 12.5%). Effects of lignin-related recalcitrance on enzymatic hydrolysis were comprehensively investigated by disrupting the two predominant lignin fractions present in acid-pretreated material (extractable lignin and bulk lignin). Lignin removal and bovine serum albumin (BSA) addition were performed to estimate the relative contributions of lignin towards physical blocking and enzyme binding on enzymatic hydrolysis. The lignin physical blocking played a more significant role in limiting the enzymatic hydrolysis of AL. BSA addition improved enzymatic hydrolysis of AP more significantly than AL. Moreover, the effects of lignin embedded in the lignocellulosic matrix on enzyme non-productive binding were compared with the isolated lignin. It indicated that the lignin distribution would influence the lignin effects on enzyme non-productive binding during enzymatic hydrolysis. Results will give insights towards improvement of enzymatic hydrolysis on acid-pretreated woody biomass.
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- Yuan Jia
- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Forestry Genetics & Biotechnology (Nanjing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Forestry Genetics & Biotechnology (Nanjing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China.
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- Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China; Key Laboratory of Forestry Genetics & Biotechnology (Nanjing Forestry University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210037, People's Republic of China
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Zheng L, Han X, Han T, Liu G, Bao J. Formulating a fully converged biorefining chain with zero wastewater generation by recycling stillage liquid to dry acid pretreatment operation. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 318:124077. [PMID: 32916463 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.124077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2020] [Revised: 08/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/31/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Huge wastewater generation is the major challenge of biorefinery technology for production of cellulosic ethanol. This study designed and verified a method for completely recycling of wastewater stream (the stillage liquid from the beer column) in cellulosic ethanol production by dry biorefining processing. When the stillage liquid was directly recycled to dry acid pretreatment operation, ethanol production gradually reduced after two recycles primarily because the inorganic compounds accumulated by around 139%. To ultimately solve this technical barrier, the stillage liquid was evaporated and condensed into distillated water, then recycled to the pretreatment for complete dry biorefining process. This strategy supported a stable cellulosic ethanol production, and the overall mass and heat balance confirmed that only 65% of the lignin residue consumption was used for wastewater evaporation with 35% surplus for electricity generation. This study provided a fully converged biorefining process with a closed-loop wastewater recycling.
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- Lixiang Zheng
- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130 Meilong Road, Shanghai 200237, China.
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Wu J, Chandra R, Takada M, Del Rio P, Kim KH, Kim CS, Liu LY, Renneckar S, Saddler J. Alkaline sulfonation and thermomechanical pulping pretreatment of softwood chips and pellets to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 315:123789. [PMID: 32682260 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.123789] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 06/30/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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To assess the impact of alkalinity on sulfonation and the enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of softwood cellulose, Lodgepole pine chips were impregnated with 8% sodium sulfite and increasing loadings of sodium carbonate before thermomechanical pulping. It was apparent that alkali addition enhanced lignin sulfonation with an additional 4% loading of sodium carbonate proving optimal. TEM indicated that sulfonation predominantly occurred within the secondary-cell-wall lignin, increasing cellulose accessibility to the cellulase enzymes. Although increasing alkalinity did not significantly enhance lignin sulfonation, likely due to the lower acetyl content of the softwood chips, it increases mannan solubilization. Despite their smaller particle size, softwood pellets were more poorly sulfonated, probably due to their higher lignin content and lower amount of acid groups. This more condensed lignin structure was confirmed by 2D-NMR and GPC analyses which indicated that the EMAL derived from softwood pellets contained less native β-O-4 linkages and had a higher molecular weight.
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- Jie Wu
- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada; International Advanced Energy Science Research and Education Center, Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University, 301, Faculty of Engineering Integrated Research Building, Yoshida-Honmachi, Kyoto 606-850, Japan
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada; Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Science, University of Vigo, As Lagoas, 32004 Ourense, Spain
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seul 136-791, Republic of Korea
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- Clean Energy Research Center, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Hwarangno 14-gil 5, Seongbuk-gu, Seul 136-791, Republic of Korea
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- Advanced Renewable Materials Lab, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Advanced Renewable Materials Lab, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada
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- Forest Product Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1 Z4, Canada.
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Biswas R, Teller PJ, Khan MU, Ahring BK. Sugar Production from Hybrid Poplar Sawdust: Optimization of Enzymatic Hydrolysis and Wet Explosion Pretreatment. Molecules 2020; 25:E3396. [PMID: 32727071 PMCID: PMC7436106 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25153396] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2020] [Revised: 07/20/2020] [Accepted: 07/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Wet explosion pretreatment of hybrid poplar sawdust (PSD) for the production of fermentable sugar was carried out in the pilot-scale. The effects of pretreatment conditions, such as temperature (170-190 °C), oxygen dosage (0.5-7.5% of dry matter (DM), w/w), residence time (10-30 min), on cellulose and hemicellulose digestibility after enzymatic hydrolysis were ascertained with a central composite design of the experiment. Further, enzymatic hydrolysis was optimized in terms of temperature, pH, and a mixture of CTec2 and HTec2 enzymes (Novozymes). Predictive modeling showed that cellulose and hemicellulose digestibility of 75.1% and 83.1%, respectively, could be achieved with a pretreatment at 177 °C with 7.5% O2 and a retention time of 30 min. An increased cellulose digestibility of 87.1% ± 0.1 could be achieved by pretreating at 190 °C; however, the hemicellulose yield would be significantly reduced. It was evident that more severe conditions were required for maximal cellulose digestibility than that of hemicellulose digestibility and that an optimal sugar yield demanded a set of conditions, which overall resulted in the maximum sugar yield.
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- Rajib Biswas
- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, 2710, Crimson Way, Richland, WA 99354, USA; (R.B.); (P.J.T.); (M.U.K.)
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- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, 2710, Crimson Way, Richland, WA 99354, USA; (R.B.); (P.J.T.); (M.U.K.)
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- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, 2710, Crimson Way, Richland, WA 99354, USA; (R.B.); (P.J.T.); (M.U.K.)
- Biological Systems Engineering, L.J. Smith Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Bioproducts, Sciences and Engineering Laboratory, Washington State University, Tri-Cities, 2710, Crimson Way, Richland, WA 99354, USA; (R.B.); (P.J.T.); (M.U.K.)
- Biological Systems Engineering, L.J. Smith Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
- The Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99163, USA
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Takada M, Chandra R, Wu J, Saddler JN. The influence of lignin on the effectiveness of using a chemithermomechanical pulping based process to pretreat softwood chips and pellets prior to enzymatic hydrolysis. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY 2020; 302:122895. [PMID: 32019706 DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2020.122895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2019] [Revised: 01/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/23/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Over the last century the pulp and paper sector has assessed various technologies to fractionate woody biomass to produce strong, bright fibers. Several of these processes have also been assessed for their potential to pretreat and fractionate biomass to enhance the subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis of the cellulosic component. Although many of these pretreatments are effective on agricultural residues, softwoods have proven more recalcitrant, primarily due to their high lignin content and structure. As delignification is too expensive to be used routinely a more economically attractive approach might be to alter the lignin. Recent work has shown that, using a modified chemithermomechanical pulping (CTMP) "front end", lignin can be modified and relocated. This significantly enhanced hemicellulose recovery and enzyme-mediated cellulose hydrolysis of woody biomass. As well as being effective on wood chips, the modified CTMP pretreatment process also enhanced the bioconversion of densified feedstocks such as pellets.
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- Masatsugu Takada
- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada
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- Forest Products Biotechnology/Bioenergy Group, Department of Wood Science, Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
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Hossain A, Rahaman MS, Lee D, Phung TK, Canlas CG, Simmons BA, Renneckar S, Reynolds W, George A, Tulaphol S, Sathitsuksanoh N. Enhanced Softwood Cellulose Accessibility by H 3PO 4 Pretreatment: High Sugar Yield without Compromising Lignin Integrity. Ind Eng Chem Res 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.9b05873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Anwar Hossain
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
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- Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis St, Emeryville, California 94608, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
| | - Christian G. Canlas
- King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Core Laboratories, Thuwal, 23955-6900 Saudi Arabia
- College of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Blake A. Simmons
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis St, Emeryville, California 94608, United States
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
| | - Scott Renneckar
- Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
| | - William Reynolds
- Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, United States
| | - Anthe George
- Joint BioEnergy Institute, 5885 Hollis St, Emeryville, California 94608, United States
- Sandia National Laboratories, 7011 East Ave, Livermore, California 94551, United States
| | - Sarttrawut Tulaphol
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
- Department of Chemistry, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand
| | - Noppadon Sathitsuksanoh
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, United States
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