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CARBOHYDRATE POLYMERS
Volume 87, Issue 3, Pages 2019-2023Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2011.10.012
Keywords
Ionic liquid; Pretreatment; Cellulose; Enzymatic hydrolysis
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- Tianjin University
- Programme of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [B060006]
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Cellulose resource has got much attention as a promising replacement of fossil fuel. The hydrolysis of cellulose is the key step to chemical product and liquid transportation fuel. In this paper a serials of chloride, acetate, and formate based ionic liquids were used as solvents to dissolve cellulose. The cellulose regenerated from ILs was characterized by FTIR and X-ray powder diffraction. From the characterization and analysis, it was found that the original close and compact structure has changed a lot. After enzymatic hydrolysis, different kinds of ionic liquids (ILs) have different yields of the reducing sugar (TRS). They are 100%, 90.72%, and 88.92% from 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride ([BMIM]Cl), 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([EMIM][OAc]), 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium formate ([BMIMI][HCOO]) respectively after enzymatic hydrolysis at 50 degrees C for 5 h. The results indicated that the yields and the hydrolysis rates were improved apparently after ILs pretreatment comparing with the untreated substrates. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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