An integrated process for the valorization of corn stover promoted by NaCl in GVL/H2O system

Yiping Luo; Zhichen Zhao; Bin    Jiang; Min We; Zheng Zhang; Lisha Zeng; James Hanley Clark; Jiajun Fan

doi:10.1039/D1GC03999G

An integrated process for the valorization of corn stover promoted by NaCl in GVL/H₂O system

Yiping Luo, Zhichen Zhao, Bin Jiang, Min We, Zheng Zhang, Lisha Zeng, James Hanley Clark, Jiajun Fan

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An integrated green process for the valorization of corn stover promoted by NaCl in GVL/H₂O was developed. With the addition of NaCl in 25% GVL/H₂O at 170 °C for 2 h, the interactions of NaCl (Na+ and Cl-) with -OH group in hemicellulose and G units in lignin were enhanced, which facilitated a high extraction of hemicellulose (96.4 wt%) and lignin (86.6 wt%), obtaining cellulose-rich solid residues. NaCl promoted the extracted hemicellulose degradation to produce small molecular products (85.6%). NaCl also promoted the cleavage of β-O-4′ linkages and decarboxylation reaction in lignin to obtain lower Mw (438 Da) oligomers and monophenols (14.2%) with high selectivity of 81.9% to 4-vinylphenol, 4-vinyl guaiacol and isoeugenol. Due to the salt effects of NaCl, the generated liquid products derived from hemicellulose and lignin were in situ separated by respectively dissolving into the aqueous and the GVL phase, which provided a possibility for further utilization. Additionally, the obtained cellulose-rich solid residues were activated by steam to prepare high performance activated carbon (SBET=819 m²/g, AMethylene blue=212 mg/g and AIodine=914mg/g), which showed great potential for pollution control within many industrial processes. This opened an avenue to integrate the valorization of corn stover.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1515-1526
Journal	Green Chemistry
Volume	24
Issue number	4
Early online date	12 Jan 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/D1GC03999G
Publication status	Published - 21 Feb 2022

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