The Analyst, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 149(8), С. 2399 - 2411
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Herein, we outline a method to semi-quantitatively analyse and track the enzymatic oxidation of lignin using high resolution mass spectrometry.
Язык: Английский
Cleaner Materials, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 13, С. 100253 - 100253
Опубликована: Июнь 13, 2024
The development of sustainable and effective methods for extracting lignin is crucial achieving the advantages promoting shift towards a more circular bioeconomy. This study addresses use environmentally friendly processes, including organosolv technique, supercritical fluid (SCF), non-thermal plasma (NTP), ionic liquids (ILs), deep eutectic solvents (DES), microwave assisted extraction (MAE) techniques extraction. Organosolv treatment offers high selectivity purity make this process economically feasible. Using water, carbon dioxide, or ethanol to extract without harmful successful customizable. NTP technologies break down lignin, simplifying processing increasing its value. Whereas ILs may boost synthesis change properties via solvent design. DES-based can efficiently specifically lignin. rapid MAE method employs radiation reduce times yields These feature selectivity, little environmental impact, capacity target fractions. describes fundamentals, benefits, drawbacks each process, focusing on their ability large scale future usage. Additionally, review explores most recent advancements in application sector, as well challenges potential valorizing streams derived from extraction, thereby fostering solutions. research concludes that overcome challenges, need address concerns, cost, emissions, efficient use.
Язык: Английский
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Scientific Reports, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 14(1)
Опубликована: Янв. 2, 2024
Abstract Unprecedented efforts are being deployed to develop hydrogen production from bioresources in a circular economy approach, yet their implementation remains scarce. Today’s Challenges associated with the shortage value chain, lack of large-scale infrastructure, high costs, and low efficiency current solutions. Herein, we report route cellulose pulp, integrating biomass fractionation gasification biorefinery approach. Softwood sawdust undergoes formic acid organosolv treatment extract cellulose, followed by steam gasification. High-purity hydrogen-rich syngas at concentration 56.3 vol% yield 40 g H2 /kg was produced. Char offers advantage producing free-tar reducing cleaning costs mitigating downstream issues. A comprehensive assessment mass energy balance along chain revealed an 26.5% for production, requirement 111.1 kWh/kg . Optimizing solvent recovery valorization other constituents as added-value products approach would further improve process entice its industrial takeoff.
Язык: Английский
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Bioresource Technology, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 399, С. 130610 - 130610
Опубликована: Март 18, 2024
Язык: Английский
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RSC Sustainability, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 2(5), С. 1300 - 1336
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2024
Scientists are of key importance to the society advocate awareness climate crisis and its underlying scientific evidence provide solutions for a sustainable future. As much as research has led great achievements benefits, traditional laboratory practices come with unintended environmental consequences. Scientists, while providing problems educating young innovators future, also part problem: excessive energy consumption, (hazardous) waste generation, resource depletion. Through their own operations, science, laboratories have significant carbon footprint contribute crisis. Climate change requires rapid response across all sectors society, modeled by inspiring leaders. A broader community that takes concrete actions would serve an important step in convincing general public similar actions. Over past years, grassroots movements sciences recognized overlooked impact enterprise, so-called Green Lab initiatives emerged seeking address research. Driven voluntary efforts researchers staff, they educate peers, develop sustainability guidelines, write publications maintain accreditation frameworks. With this perspective we want spark leadership promote systemic approach Comprehensive root-causes is presented, expanded data from current case study University Groningen showcasing annual savings 398 763 € well 477.1 tons CO
Язык: Английский
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Energies, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 18(6), С. 1478 - 1478
Опубликована: Март 17, 2025
With the overuse of fossil fuels, people are looking for alternatives. This is an area where biofuels have received a lot attention. Studies also shown that large variety liquid fuels commercial interest can be obtained via lignin valorization. Lignin rich in aromatic ring structures and used as sustainable raw material to produce high-value energy. Therefore, progress preparation from by pyrolysis, hydro-processing, oxidation analyzed this review. Nevertheless, due three-dimension network structure lignin, there many barriers need surmounted before utilizing it, such its complex connection with cellulose hemicellulose, which makes separation difficult. In paper, different pretreatment methods summarized separating other two components. Finally, challenges future trends valorization outlined. It clear construction efficient catalytic systems will focus research field.
Язык: Английский
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Biomass, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 4(3), С. 947 - 977
Опубликована: Сен. 2, 2024
Lignin, the earth’s second-most abundant biopolymer after cellulose, has long been relegated to low-value byproducts in pulp and paper industry. However, recent advancements valorization are transforming lignin into a sustainable versatile feedstock for producing high-value biofuels, bioplastics, specialty chemicals. This review explores conversion of lignin’s complex structure, composed syringyl (S), guaiacyl (G), p-hydroxyphenyl (H) units, value-added products. We critically assess various biochemical analytical techniques employed comprehensive characterization. Additionally, we explore strategies upgrading functionalization enhance its suitability advanced biomaterials. The emphasizes key areas valorization, including catalytic depolymerization methods, along with associated challenges advancements. discuss potential as diverse products such carbon fibers, adhesives, phenolic compounds. Furthermore, briefly inherent properties UV protectant antioxidant, alongside incorporation polymer blends composites. By presenting case studies from literature, this highlights significant economic environmental benefits waste reduction, lower greenhouse gas emissions, decreased reliance on non-renewable resources. Finally, address future perspectives achieving large-scale, techno-economically feasible, environmentally valorization.
Язык: Английский
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New Phytologist, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 243(2), С. 526 - 536
Опубликована: Май 27, 2024
Summary Forests make immense contributions to societies in the form of ecological services and sustainable industrial products. However, they face major challenges their viability economic use due climate change growing biotic threats, for which recombinant DNA (rDNA) technology can sometimes provide solutions. But application rDNA technologies forest trees faces social biological obstacles that its societal acceptance a ‘wicked’ problem without straightforward We discuss nature these problems, innovations we consider essential progress. As case studies challenges, focus on modifications wood chemistry transformation efficiency. call regulations, dissolution method‐based market barriers, together could lead greater research investments, enable wide field studies, facilitate integration rDNA‐modified into conventional breeding programs. Without near‐term adoption such innovations, rDNA‐based solutions will be largely unavailable help forests adapt stresses from proliferation pests, nor available environmental benefits expanded related bioproducts as part an expanding bioeconomy.
Язык: Английский
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Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
It is essential to develop sustainable approaches creating energy devices by using natural materials like lignocellulosic biomass. As lignin mostly abundant in nature serves as a tribo-positive filler due chemical morphology. Here in, we isolated of from the raw hardwood via soda pulping method and utilize developing composite nanofibers with polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), i.e., PVDF-Lignin Nanofiber (PLNF) an electrospinning technique. Triboelectric characteristics different concentration were evaluated against polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE). An enhancement output performance was observed compare PVDF. The electrical PLNFs TENGs depends on their structural features, polarizability, dielectric properties, force, frequency vibration. Thus, P10-L5 TENG (PVDF 10 wt% 5% Lignin) generates highest power density approximately ~60 mWm-2. high attributed uniform dimensions surface charge accumulation PLNF. lignin-based have exhibited impressive stability endurance, enduring 10,000 cycles at 1 Hz, 3 5 Hz frequencies. produced high-power output, while ITO-PET sheets provided strength flexibility, resulting stable, durable system.
Язык: Английский
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Green Carbon, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Янв. 1, 2025
Язык: Английский
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Industrial Crops and Products, Год журнала: 2025, Номер 225, С. 120390 - 120390
Опубликована: Янв. 14, 2025
Язык: Английский
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