Rapid room temperature solubilization and depolymerization of polymeric lignin at high loadings

Journal Article
Green Chemistry, vol. 18, iss. 22, pp. 6012-6020, 2016
Authors
Jian Sun, Tanmoy Dutta, Ramakrishnan Parthasarathi, Kwang Ho Kim, Nikola Tolić, Rosalie K. Chu, Nancy G. Isern, John R. Cort, Blake A. Simmons, Seema Singh
Abstract

The relatively poor solubility of lignin in most pretreatment solvents remains one of the biggest challenges in lignin valorization to improve overall biorefinery economics.

English