This study aims to further understand the effect of carbon structure on the physiochemical status of metals and thus its activity during volatile-char interactions. The chars with distinctly different carbon substrates prepared from the pyrolysis of pine sawdust at 400 and 1000°C were impregnated...

Ethanol extraction of lignocellulosic biomass under mild conditions has re-attracted considerable attention since a light-colored lignin with low molecular weight can be obtained. Unfortunately, the yield of isolated lignin for the ethanol extraction process is very limited. To enhance the...

Transparent wood (TW) is a novel biomass-derived composites with potential applications in many areas. In general, the preparation of TW usually involves two steps: (1) the delignification treatment of the wood and (2) the impregnation of the delignified wood (DW) with the resin. However, the...

This paper proposed a novel xylanase-assisted activated carbon process to produce a high-purity sugar stream from pre-hydrolysis liquid (PHL) of the kraft-based dissolving pulp production process. The results showed that the enzymatic hydrolysis could effectively improve the lignin removal and...

Thermal radiation properties of natural wood are mainly affected by its chemical composition and physical structure. In the atmospheric transparency window (8-13 µm), cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin all have high average emissivity of 95.77%, 96.83% and 97.22%, respectively. This allows wood to ...

This research reports the reduction of water absorption and density increase of kapok fibers from production centers in Pati, Indonesia. Kapok fiber was treated with two solvents, hexane and NaOH solution at room temperature. The NaOH solution was used in five different concentrations; 3.5, 7,...

Recently, a large-scale production system of softwood-derived poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG)-modified glycol lignin (GL) was developed to produce high-quality lignin derivatives with substantially controlled chemical structures and attractive thermal properties. In this study, the further upgrading of ...

A large number of bamboo waste is produced from bamboo processing industries. Bamboo waste, with high biomass yield and rich in xylan and glucan, is a promising material for the coproduction of xylo-oligosaccharides and glucose. In this work, a formic acid-facilitated hydrothermal pretreatment of...

Herein, a Na₂S promoted deep eutectic solvent (DES) was established to reduce the natural recalcitrance of moso bamboo (MB) and improve the subsequent enzymatic saccharification. It was found that the addition of Na₂S (Choline chloride/Ethylene glycol/Na₂S) dramatically promoted the deconstructions ...

This is a commentary on a research by Debra-Maceluch et al. in the issue of New Phytologist (pp. 297-312), which provides unprecedented insights into the composition of wood cell walls and reveal a novel function of xylan glucuronosylation in the fastening of suberin-like compounds in wood cell...