Pretreatment of corn cobs using 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate and dimethyl sulfoxide to enhance enzymatic saccharification

• Published in: Biomass conversion and biorefinery Vol. 13; no. 8; pp. 6941 - 6952
• Main Authors: Kuntapa, Manita, Sudaprasert, Kaokanya, Tachaapaikoon, Chakrit
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2023; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomass; Biotechnology; Cellulose; Conversion; Corn; Crystalline cellulose; Crystallinity; Dimethyl sulfoxide; Energy; Ionic liquids; Lignocellulose; Original Article; Pretreatment; Renewable and Green Energy; Saccharification; Dimethylsulfoxide; 1-Butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate; Delignification; Ionic liquid pretreatment; Corn cobs; Co-solvent

Ionic liquid (IL) pretreatment is a promising approach for pretreating biomass before converting it into sugars but associated with high costs. The combination of [BMIM]BF 4 : DMSO pretreatment shows the highest delignification, whereas cellulose and hemicellulose recoveries are similar in all pretr...