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  11 August 2023 | Open Access

  A lignin-derived material improves plant nutrient bioavailability and growth through its metal chelating capacity

  Biorefinery lignin waste has little value in the market. Here, Liu et al. find that water-soluble lignin, converted from sulfuric acid lignin, improves plant iron bioavailability and growth through a metal chelating capacity comparable to the metal chelator EDTA.

  • Qiang Liu
  • , Tsubasa Kawai
  •  & Baohai Li

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  21 March 2023 | Open Access

  High production of furfural by flash pyrolysis of C6 sugars and lignocellulose by Pd-PdO/ZnSO₄ catalyst

  Furfural is an important platform chemical for the synthesis of next-generation bio-fuels. Here the authors report a novel heterogeneous catalyst, Pd-PdO/ZnSO₄, for the mass production of furfural from catalytic flash pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomasses.

  • Qiaoqiao Zhou
  • , Jinxing Gu
  •  & Lian Zhang

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  25 February 2023 | Open Access

  Single-molecular insights into the breakpoint of cellulose nanofibers assembly during saccharification

  Lignocellulose recalcitrance hampers its utilization for the production of biofuels and biosourced chemicals. Here, the authors reveal that the amorphous cellulose is the breakpoint of interact microfibrils and propose OsFC16/CESA9 as the engineering target to increase saccharification ability.

  • Ran Zhang
  • , Zhen Hu
  •  & Liangcai Peng