Sunday, January 11, 2009

New Opportunities from ionic liquids in biorefinery

3rd Generation Biomass Conversion Technologies can be developed by using ionic liquid pretreatment of the lignocellulosic biomass. The recalcitrance of biomass due to crystallinity and lignin sheathing of biomass will be overcome leading to enhanced yields. The enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose pretreated with ionic liquids will be faster and more efficient.

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