(72f) Pretreatment of Lignocellulose Waste Using Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs) for Biofuels and Chemicals Production: State-of-the-Art, Prospects, and Challenges

As the generation of lignocellulose waste escalating, biorefinery of lignocellulose waste for biofuels and high value-added chemicals production has been receiving great concerns from the scientific communities. Renewable, environmentally benign, and biocompatible deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are considered potential alternatives to conventional technologies in the pretreatment of lignocellulose waste. In the past 2 years, numerous innovative studies focused on pretreatment of lignocellulose using DESs and process mechanisms have been comprehensively explored. Thus, this review aims to summarize the updated state-of-the-art effort dedicated to the pretreatment of lignocellulose using DESs. Furthermore, impact factors, kinetic modeling, and chemical mechanisms of the process are thoroughly analyzed and discussed. Finally, prospects and challenges in commercialization of pretreatment of lignocellulose using DESs are indicated and extensively discussed.