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ArticleACS omega2021

Cost-Effective Processing of Carbon-Rich Materials in Ionic Liquids: An Expeditious Approach to Biofuels.

Sadia Naz, Maliha Uroos, Muhammad Ayoub

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Article in ACS omega, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 34% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Sadia NazCentre for Research in Ionic Liquids & Centre for Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, 54590 Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5290-3621
Maliha UroosCentre for Research in Ionic Liquids & Centre for Organic Chemistry, School of Chemistry, University of the Punjab, 54590 Lahore, Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8757-4151
Muhammad AyoubDepartment of Chemical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, 32610 Perak, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1399-8423
University of the Punjab · PKUniversiti Teknologi Petronas · MY

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work presents a cost-effective approach for processing of renewable carbon-rich biomass using pyridinium-based Lewis acidic ionic liquids (LAILs). Rice husk as carbon-rich lignocellulosic waste was pretreated with a series of neutral and Lewis acidic ionic liquids to yield valuable intermediate platform monosaccharides. Novelty in the work lies in direct conversion of lignocellulosic carbohydrates into reducing sugars without their further conversion into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural or any other platform chemicals that are fermentation inhibitors for bioethanol production. The unconverted cellulose-rich material (CRM) is regenerated as a delignified material by the simultaneous addition of antisolvents. CRM and recovered lignin obtained after pretreatment were analyzed via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The process was optimized with respect to a high yield of platform sugars and the quantity as well as quality of recovered CRM and lignin contents. Various reaction parameters involving the molecular structure of ionic liquids (ILs), Lewis acidic strength of ILs, biomass loading into IL, time, temperature, and biomass particle size were screened thoroughly. From all of the tested ILs, unsymmetrical 3-methylpyridinium IL having

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