Researchers use multifunctional co-solvent pair to uncover molecular principles of biomass breakdown for conversion to transportation fuels
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 3, 2019
Plant cell walls resist chemical or biological degradation, making the breakdown of lignocellulosic biomass into renewable chemical precursors for conversion into chemicals and transportation fuels challenging and costly. Co-solvents THF and water cause lignin to dissociate from itself and cellulose, expanding into a random coil.
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