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Li Shuai
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An “ideal lignin” facilitates full biomass utilization
Jeremy Luterbacher, Li Shuai, Yuan Li
Lignin, a major component of lignocellulosic biomass, is crucial to plant growth and development but is a major impediment to efficient biomass utilization in various processes. Valorizing lignin is increasingly realized as being essential. However, rapid ...
2018Comparison of liquid hot water (LHW) and high boiling alcohol/water (HBAW) pretreatments for improving enzymatic saccharification of cellulose in bamboo
Li Chen, Li Shuai, Jing Liu, Meng Li, Yubo Zhao
Liquid hot water (LHW) and high-boiling point alcohol/water (HBAW) pretreatments were compared to improve enzymatic saccharification of cellulose in moso bamboo. When pretreatments were conducted at 200 degrees C for 40 min, HBAW (20% (v/v) 1,4- butanediol ...
Elsevier Science Bv2017Production of monomers from lignin during depolymerisation of lignocellulose-containing composition
The present invention relates to a method for preparing monomers via depolymerisation from lignocellulose-containing biomass. ...
2017A mild biomass pretreatment using gamma-valerolactone for concentrated sugar production
Jeremy Luterbacher, Ydna Marie Questell-Santiago, Li Shuai
Here we report that gamma-valerolactone (GVL), a biomass-derived solvent, can be used to facilitate the mild pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass. An 80% GVL, 20% water solvent system was used to pretreat hardwood at the mild temperature of 120 degrees ...
Royal Society of Chemistry2016Organic Solvent Effects in Biomass Conversion Reactions
Transforming lignocellulosic biomass into fuels and chemicals has been intensely studied in recent years. A large amount of work has been dedicated to finding suitable solvent systems, which can improve the transformation of biomass into value-added chemic ...
Wiley-VCH Verlag Berlin2016Formaldehyde stabilization facilitates lignin monomer production during biomass depolymerization
Yiming Li, Jeremy Luterbacher, Masoud Talebi Amiri, Florent Emmanuel Héroguel, Ydna Marie Questell-Santiago, Li Shuai
Practical, high-yield lignin depolymerization methods could greatly increase biorefinery productivity and profitability. However, development of these methods is limited by the presence of interunit carbon-carbon bonds within native lignin, and further by ...
American Association for the Advancement of Science2016The influence of interunit carbon–carbon linkages during lignin upgrading
Jeremy Luterbacher, Masoud Talebi Amiri, Li Shuai
The cleavage of β-O-4 linkages in lignin can generate monomers with a phenyl propane structure that can easily be upgraded into valuable hydrocarbon biofuels and renewable aromatic chemicals. High-yield lignin monomer production from extracted (or technica ...
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