A novel green biorefinery strategy for corn stover by pretreatment with weak alkali-assisted deep eutectic solvents
Zhaobao Wang, Jie Zhou, Yating Yin, Mengqian Mu, Yanzhou Liu, Disheng Zhou, Weitao Wang, Xinyun Zuo, Jianming Yang
Abstract
The strategy using deep eutectic solvent–sodium bicarbonate (DES–SB) has achieved a high delignification efficiency, excellent carbohydrate digestibility (glucose yield, 97.47%; xylose yield, 92.93%), and regenerated lignin with great potential.
Topics & Concepts
BiorefineryCorn stoverAlkali metalEutectic systemChemistryStoverDeep eutectic solventPulp and paper industryChemical engineeringOrganic chemistryAgronomyHydrolysisEngineeringRaw materialBiologyCropAlloyCatalysis for Biomass ConversionLignin and Wood ChemistryBiofuel production and bioconversion