A high-solid DES pretreatment using never-dried biomass as the starting material: towards high-quality lignin fractionation

Cheng, Jinyuan; Huang, Chen; Zhan, Yunni; Liu, Xuze; Wang, Jia; Meng, Xianzhi; Yoo, Chang Geun; Fang, Guigan; Ragauskas, Arthur J.

doi:10.1039/d2gc04595h

A high-solid DES pretreatment using never-dried biomass as the starting material: towards high-quality lignin fractionation

Journal Article · Tue Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2023 · Green Chemistry

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d2gc04595h· OSTI ID:1928910

^[1]; Huang, Chen ^[2]; Zhan, Yunni ^[2]; Liu, Xuze ^[2]; Wang, Jia ^[3]; ^[4]; ^[5]; Fang, Guigan ^[2]; ^[6]

Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing (China).
Chinese Academy of Forestry, Nanjing (China)
Nanjing Forestry Univ. (China)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Syracuse, NY (United States). College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Joint Institute for Biological Sciences (JIBS)

This study investigated a high-solid diol deep eutectic solvent (DES) pretreatment using a wet substrate as the starting material. This pretreatment led to a remarkable glucan saccharification of 94.8% with efficient lignin and xylan removal (as high as 63.1% and 73.0%, respectively). Here the chemical structures of the substrates were analyzed comprehensively to reveal the impact of the pretreatment. In addition, over 90% of the removed lignin was recovered from the pretreated liquid, which exhibited a well-preserved β-O-4 structure (46–56/100Ar). The protection mechanism of our DES was investigated by 2D HSQC NMR, GPC, and ³¹P NMR analysis. This study emphasized that diol-based DES pretreatment of undried lignocellulosic biomass at a high-solid loading can significantly utilize both carbohydrates and lignin fractions with high saccharification yields and high-quality lignin as a co-product.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Biomass Energy and Materials; National Natural Science Foundation for Youth; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1928910

Journal Information:: Green Chemistry, Journal Name: Green Chemistry Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 25; ISSN 1463-9262

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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