Issue 10, 2011
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Energy & Environmental Science

Exploring new strategies for cellulosic biofuels production

Paul Langan,†*a   S. Gnanakaran,bc   Kirk D. Rector,d   Norma Pawley,e   David T. Fox,a   Dae Won Chof  and  Kenneth E. Hammelg  

* Corresponding authors

a Bioscience Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA

b Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA

c Center for Non-Linear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA

d Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA

e International, Space, and Response Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM, USA

f Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA

g Institute of Microbial and Biochemical Science, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI, USA

Abstract

A research program has been initiated to formulate new strategies for efficient low-cost lignocellulosic biomass processing technologies for the production of biofuels. This article reviews results from initial research into lignocellulosic biomass structure, recalcitrance, and pretreatment. In addition to contributing towards a comprehensive understanding of lignocellulosic biomass, this work has contributed towards demonstrated optimizations of existing pretreatment methods, and the emergence of new possible pretreatment strategies that remain to be fully developed.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1EE01268A
Article type
Perspective
Submitted
07 Mar 2011
Accepted
06 Jul 2011
First published
10 Aug 2011

Energy Environ. Sci., 2011,4, 3820-3833

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Exploring new strategies for cellulosic biofuels production

P. Langan, S. Gnanakaran, K. D. Rector, N. Pawley, D. T. Fox, D. W. Cho and K. E. Hammel, Energy Environ. Sci., 2011, 4, 3820 DOI: 10.1039/C1EE01268A

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