Lewis base enhanced neutral deep eutectic solvent pretreatment for enzymatic hydrolysis of corn straw and lignin characterization

Junxian Xie, Zheng Cheng, Shiyun Zhu and Jun Xu

Renewable Energy, 2022, vol. 188, issue C, 320-328

Abstract: In order to improve the pretreatment behavior of neutral deep eutectic solvent (DES), a novel method was proposed by using three types of Lewis base (sodium carbonate, sodium sulfite and sodium acetate as catalysts to pretreat corn straw at 120 °C for 3 h. As compared to DES, DES with Na2SO3, DES with NaAC and DES with Na2CO3, all can remove most of hemicellulose and lignin in pretreated corn straw. Meanwhile, the 94.5% of glucose yield was obtained treated by DES with Na2CO3 and was approximately five-fold higher than that of the untreated substrate at an enzyme loading of 15 FPU/g material. The regenerated lignin displayed well-preserved structures, and possessed a high purity (more than 84%), narrow molecular weight distribution (PDI <2.4), excellent thermal stability. Overall, this work provided detailed analysis for efficient deconstruction of corn straw for future industrialized application.

Keywords: Neutral deep eutectic solvent; Lewis base; Corn straw; Enzymatic hydrolysis; Regenerated lignin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2022.02.003

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