Engineering
8 years ago

Breakthrough Biofuel Discovery: Reducing Lignin Boosts Cellulose Conversion for Greener Energy

RSC Advances
Reduction of surface area of lignin improves enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose from hydrothermally pretreated wheat straw
Mika H. Sipponen, Ville Pihlajaniemi, Ossi Pastinen, S. Laakso

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The researchers found that reducing the surface area of lignin in wheat straw can improve the breakdown of cellulose by enzymes. This means that by changing the structure of lignin, we can make it easier to extract useful sugars from plant material for various applications.