ReviewPolymers2020
Insights into the Potential of Hardwood Kraft Lignin to Be a Green Platform Material for Emergence of the Biorefinery.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- Synthesis and Application of Kraft Lignin-Based Polyurethane Coatings for Functional Paper Packaging Materials.Polymers · 2026Article
- Tailoring Biomass-Derived Organosolv Lignin Derivatives for High-Capacity Adsorption of Rhodamine B.ChemSusChem · 2026Article
- Modulation of Electronic Structure in Kraft Lignin-Derived Mo Single-Atom Catalysts for Optimized Electrochemical Oxygen Reduction.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
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- The Biomodified Lignin Platform: A Review.Polymers · 2023Review
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- Enzyme-Catalyzed Polymerization of Kraft Lignin fromPolymers · 2023Article
- Study on Experiment and Simulation of Shear Force on Membrane with Dynamic Cross-Flow for Lignin in Black Liquor.Polymers · 2023Article
- Acacia Wood Fractionation Using Deep Eutectic Solvents: Extraction, Recovery, and Characterization of the Different Fractions.ACS omega · 2022Article
- Physical and Chemical Properties ofPolymers · 2022Article
- Oxidation of Various Kraft Lignins with a Bacterial Laccase Enzyme.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Chemical Characterization of Kraft Lignin Prepared from Mixed Hardwoods.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Reactivity of Aliphatic and Phenolic Hydroxyl Groups in Kraft Lignin towards 4,4' MDI.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Nano-Structured Lignin as Green Antioxidant and UV Shielding Ingredient for Sunscreen Applications.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
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Abstract
Lignin is an abundant, renewable, and relatively cheap biobased feedstock that has potential in energy, chemicals, and materials. Kraft lignin, more specifically, has been used for more than 100 years as a self-sustaining energy feedstock for industry after which it has finally reached more widespread commercial appeal. Unfortunately, hardwood kraft lignin (HWKL) has been neglected over these years when compared to softwood kraft lignin (SWKL). Therefore, the present work summarizes and critically reviews the research and development (R&D) dealing specifically with HWKL. It will also cover methods for HWKL extraction from black liquor, as well as its structure, properties, fractionation, and modification. Finally, it will reveal several interesting opportunities for HWKL that include dispersants, adsorbents, antioxidants, aromatic compounds (chemicals), and additives in briquettes, pellets, hydrogels, carbon fibers and polymer blends and composites. HWKL shows great potential for all these applications, however more R&D is needed to make its utilization economically feasible and reach the levels in the commercial lignin market commensurate with SWKL. The motivation for this critical review is to galvanize further studies, especially increased understandings in the field of HWKL, and hence amplify much greater utilization.
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