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Title: Mild Alkaline Pretreatment for Isolation of Native-Like Lignin and Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanofibers (LCNF) from Crop Waste

Abstract

The efficient utilization of crop waste is limited because of plant cell wall recalcitrance. Solving this problem through sustainable processing while producing value-added products is crucial. Here we report a rapid lignocellulose fractionation method applied to common reed using milling under mild alkaline conditions without involving any organic solvents or other reagents. Lignin-containing cellulose nanofiber (LCNF) and native-like lignins were obtained in high yield. LCNF films prepared from the LCNF suspension could have their properties, such as transparency and hydrophobicity, adjusted by changing the pretreatment conditions. Overall this biomass fractionation provides value-added products and is an alternative to simply burning the crop waste.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [4];  [4]; ORCiD logo [1];  [5]
  1. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China, Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100039, P. R. China
  2. Department of Biological Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, United States, DOE Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53726, United States
  3. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China, Department of Polymer and Textile Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, P. M. B. 5025, Awka, Nigeria
  4. Beijing Key Laboratory of Lignocellulosic Chemistry, College of Materials Science and Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, P. R. China
  5. Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1547690
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1557698
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0018409
Resource Type:
Journal Article: Published Article
Journal Name:
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering Journal Volume: 7 Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 2168-0485
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
09 BIOMASS FUELS; Biomass; Ball-milling; Nanocellulose; NMR; Cellulosic film

Citation Formats

Liu, Xuran, Li, Yanding, Ewulonu, Chinomso M., Ralph, John, Xu, Feng, Zhang, Qilin, Wu, Min, and Huang, Yong. Mild Alkaline Pretreatment for Isolation of Native-Like Lignin and Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanofibers (LCNF) from Crop Waste. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02800.
Liu, Xuran, Li, Yanding, Ewulonu, Chinomso M., Ralph, John, Xu, Feng, Zhang, Qilin, Wu, Min, & Huang, Yong. Mild Alkaline Pretreatment for Isolation of Native-Like Lignin and Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanofibers (LCNF) from Crop Waste. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02800
Liu, Xuran, Li, Yanding, Ewulonu, Chinomso M., Ralph, John, Xu, Feng, Zhang, Qilin, Wu, Min, and Huang, Yong. 2019. "Mild Alkaline Pretreatment for Isolation of Native-Like Lignin and Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanofibers (LCNF) from Crop Waste". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02800.
@article{osti_1547690,
title = {Mild Alkaline Pretreatment for Isolation of Native-Like Lignin and Lignin-Containing Cellulose Nanofibers (LCNF) from Crop Waste},
author = {Liu, Xuran and Li, Yanding and Ewulonu, Chinomso M. and Ralph, John and Xu, Feng and Zhang, Qilin and Wu, Min and Huang, Yong},
abstractNote = {The efficient utilization of crop waste is limited because of plant cell wall recalcitrance. Solving this problem through sustainable processing while producing value-added products is crucial. Here we report a rapid lignocellulose fractionation method applied to common reed using milling under mild alkaline conditions without involving any organic solvents or other reagents. Lignin-containing cellulose nanofiber (LCNF) and native-like lignins were obtained in high yield. LCNF films prepared from the LCNF suspension could have their properties, such as transparency and hydrophobicity, adjusted by changing the pretreatment conditions. Overall this biomass fractionation provides value-added products and is an alternative to simply burning the crop waste.},
doi = {10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b02800},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1547690}, journal = {ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering},
issn = {2168-0485},
number = 16,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Tue Jul 23 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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Figure 1 Figure 1: FTIR spectra of reed straw, pretreated reed straw, and LCNF.

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