Lignin Chemistry
A thorough reference guide to Lignin Chemistry, from inherent structure revealing to transformation into chemicals, fuels, and materials
Climate change, driven by rising greenhouse gas emissions, is the defining challenge of our time. Reducing our dependence on non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels will require alternative, more sustainable resources. Lignin, the only widely-occurring, renewable, aromatic bio-polymer in Nature, has a range of application potential in the production of chemicals, fuels, and other industrial materials. Lignin science has become one of the fastest-growing and most significant areas of sustainable chemistry in the world.
Lignin Chemistry: Characterization, Isolation, and Valorization presents a systematic, multidisciplinary overview of this cutting-edge field and its current state of research. Beginning with a robust characterization of lignin, the book addresses the isolation and transformation of lignin, as well as the book inspires with a plethora of applications. The result is a critical resource for researchers and professionals in any area of academic or industry where renewable biomass, in particular lignin, has importance.
Lignin Chemistry
readers will find:
Thermochemical and catalytic strategies for lignin conversion Detailed discussion of the valorization of lignin towards biopolymers, nanoparticles, carbon fibers and materials, and hydrogels An authorial team with immense and varied research experience
Lignin Chemistry
is ideal for chemical engineers, catalytic chemists, biochemists, material scientists, and analytical chemists in industry.
Preface xv Acknowledgments and Conflict of Interest xvii 1 A Brief Introduction of Lignin 1 Yuhe Liao 2 NMR Characterization of Lignin 15 Cheng-Ye Ma, Ying Xu, Ling-Hua Xu, Chen Zhang, Ji-Yun Qi and Jia-Long Wen 3 Advances in the Molar Mass and Functionality Analysis of Lignin 61 Oliver Musl and Antje Potthast 4 Degradative Methods for Lignin Valorization 85 Elisabetta Borsella, Pietro Colucci, Giuseppe Lembo and Heiko Lange 5 Isolation of Native-Like Lignin 139 Zhiwen Wang, Yiwei Fan and Peter J. Deuss 6 Isolation of Lignin in the Biorefinery Process 163 Qian Xu and Ling-Ping Xiao 7 Gasification and Combined Heat and Power (CHP) from Lignin 183 Subhashini, Michal Jeremias and Vineet Singh Sikarwar 8 Enzymatic and Microbial Bioconversion of Lignin to Renewable Chemicals 203 Timothy D.H. Bugg, Victoria Sodré, Awatif Alruwaili and Goran M.M. Rashid 9 Approaches to the Oxidative Depolymerization of Lignin 231 Elena Subbotina, Shannon S. Stahl, Paul Anastas and Joseph S.M. Samec 10 Photocatalytic Conversion of Lignin 265 Xuejiao Wu, Shunji Xie and Ye Wang 11 Electrochemical Conversion for Lignin Valorization 295 Qi Zhu, Mahlet Garedew, Bing Song, Yuliang Li and Jason Chun-Ho Lam 12 Recent Advances in Thermoset and Thermoplastic Polymeric Materials Produced using Technical and Depolymerized Native Lignins 327 Kirk M. Torr, Oliver J. Driscoll, Daniel J. van de Pas and Elias Feghali 13 Advances in Preparation and Applications of Lignin Nanoparticles 369 Mika H. Sipponen and Liyang Liu 14 Carbon (Nano)Fibers and Carbon Materials from Lignin and Their Applications 401 Muhammad Muddasar, Anne Beaucamp, Mark Vaughan, Misbah Mushtaq, Mario Culebras, Marina M. Leite, Tadhg Kennedy and Maurice N. Collins 15 Lignin-based Hydrogel: Mechanism, Properties, and Applications 433 Qiang Wang, Baobin Wang, Jiachuan Chen, Guihua Yang, Lei Zhang, Kefeng Liu, Qimeng Jiang and Pedram Fatehi References 461 Index 469
Yuhe Liao, PhD, is Professor at Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests focus on heterogeneous catalysis and sustainable chemistry, including biomass conversion, CO2 and solid waste valorisation. Bert F. Sels, PhD, is Professor and head of Center for Sustainable Catalysis and Engineering at KU Leuven, Belgium. Professor Sels research activities cover the field of heterogeneous catalysis for future challenges in industrial organic and environmental catalysis.
