One-pot generation of lignin microspheres and digestible substrate with a polyol-DES pretreatment in high solid loading

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

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136322

One-pot generation of lignin microspheres and digestible substrate with a polyol-DES pretreatment in high solid loading

Journal Article · Thu Feb 02 23:00:00 EST 2023 · Journal of Cleaner Production

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.136322· OSTI ID:1969805

Cheng, Jinyuan ^[1]; Zhan, Yunni ^[1]; Liu, Xuze ^[1]; Huang, Chen ^[1]; Zhou, Xuelian ^[1]; Wang, Jia ^[2]; Meng, Xianzhi ^[3]; ^[4]; Fang, Guigan ^[1]; ^[5]

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)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Previous lignin microspheres (LMS) preparation needs multiple steps with very low yield and high cost. Herein, we developed a high-solid deep eutectic solvent (DES) pretreatment for an effective lignin fractionation and enzymatic saccharification of moso bamboo under mild temperature (110 °C) with high-solid loading. Lignin was significantly removed from the plant cell wall, and cellulose properties (e.g., crystallinity and degree of polymerization) were also altered during the pretreatment. As a result, the enzymatic digestibility of the pretreated bamboo was dramatically increased. Uniform micro-spherical lignin was directly produced from the pretreatment system, and its particle size could be regulated by controlling the solid loadings and pretreatment temperatures. The lignin microspheres formation mechanism was investigated by analyzing the lignin's size distribution, molecular weight distribution, chemical structure, and hydrophobicity. The DES showed excellent recyclability, and the recycled DES could still remove 42.78% lignin even after 7th circulation associated with 100% glucan saccharification. Further, the mass balance based on 1000 g biomass showed that 196.28 g LMS was directly recovered, which exhibited a high RhB adsorption. Besides, 404.91 g glucose and 36.67 g xylose were obtained after the enzymatic saccharification process. Specifically, GAPI analysis exhibited a near total green and yellow portions of the pictogram, indicating our DES process was green enough to make this biorefinery sustainable. Overall, the proposed DES generated synergistic productions of digestible solid and LMS which could contribute to establish a green and sustainable biorefinery sequence with diverse outputs in one pot.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1969805

Journal Information:: Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal Name: Journal of Cleaner Production Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 394; ISSN 0959-6526

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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