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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Bioethanol Production from Lignocellulosic Biomass-Challenges and Solutions.

Magdalena Broda, Daniel J Yelle, Katarzyna Serwańska

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

49 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Magdalena BrodaDepartment of Wood Science and Thermal Techniques, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 28, 60-637 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6947-9019
Daniel J YelleForest Biopolymer Science and Engineering, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Service, One Gifford Pinchot Drive, Madison, WI 53726, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5321-6778
Katarzyna SerwańskaDepartment of Animal Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Wojska Polskiego 71c, 60-625 Poznan, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9683-3514

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regarding the limited resources for fossil fuels and increasing global energy demands, greenhouse gas emissions, and climate change, there is a need to find alternative energy sources that are sustainable, environmentally friendly, renewable, and economically viable. In the last several decades, interest in second-generation bioethanol production from non-food lignocellulosic biomass in the form of organic residues rapidly increased because of its abundance, renewability, and low cost. Bioethanol production fits into the strategy of a circular economy and zero waste plans, and using ethanol as an alternative fuel gives the world economy a chance to become independent of the petrochemical industry, providing energy security and environmental safety. However, the conversion of biomass into ethanol is a challenging and multi-stage process because of the variation in the biochemical composition of biomass and the recalcitrance of lignin, the aromatic component of lignocellulose. Therefore, the commercial production of cellulosic ethanol has not yet become well-received commercially, being hampered by high research and production costs, and substantial effort is needed to make it more widespread and profitable. This review summarises the state of the art in bioethanol production from lignocellulosic biomass, highlights the most challenging steps of the process, including pretreatment stages required to fragment biomass components and further enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation, presents the most recent technological advances to overcome the challenges and high costs, and discusses future perspectives of second-generation biorefineries.

Indexed as

BiofuelsLigninBiomassBiotechnologyEthanolFermentationHydrolysisBiofuelsEthanolLigninlignocellulosebioethanolbiofuelbiomass utilisationbiorefineryethanolfermentationgreen fuellignocelluloselignocellulosic biomasslignocellulosic complexlignocellulosic materials

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PMID36557852
PMCPMC9785513

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