Recent strides toward transforming lignin into plastics and aqueous electrolytes for flow batteries
(2024) In iScience 27(4).- Abstract
Lignin is an abundant polyaromatic polymer with a wide range of potential future uses. However, the conversion of lignin into valuable products comes at a cost, and medium- to high-value applications are thus appropriate. Two examples of these are polymers (e.g., as fibers, plasticizers, or additives) and flow batteries (e.g., as redox species). Both of these areas would benefit from lignin-derived molecules with potentially low molecular weight and high (electro)chemical functionality. A promising route to obtain these molecules is oxidative lignin depolymerization, as it enables the formation of targeted compounds with multiple functionalities. An application with high potential in the production of plastics is the synthesis of new... (More)
Lignin is an abundant polyaromatic polymer with a wide range of potential future uses. However, the conversion of lignin into valuable products comes at a cost, and medium- to high-value applications are thus appropriate. Two examples of these are polymers (e.g., as fibers, plasticizers, or additives) and flow batteries (e.g., as redox species). Both of these areas would benefit from lignin-derived molecules with potentially low molecular weight and high (electro)chemical functionality. A promising route to obtain these molecules is oxidative lignin depolymerization, as it enables the formation of targeted compounds with multiple functionalities. An application with high potential in the production of plastics is the synthesis of new sustainable polymers. Employing organic molecules, such as quinones and heterocycles, would constitute an important step toward the sustainability of aqueous flow batteries, and lignin and its derivatives are emerging as redox species, mainly due to their low cost and renewability.
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- Abdelaziz, Omar Y. LU ; Battestini Vives, Mariona LU ; Mankar, Smita V. LU ; Warlin, Niklas LU ; Nguyen, Tran Tam LU ; Zhang, Baozhong LU ; Hulteberg, Christian P. LU and Khataee, Amirreza
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- publishing date
- 2024-04-19
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Biomass, Biotechnology, Chemical engineering, Engineering
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- iScience
- volume
- 27
- issue
- 4
- article number
- 109418
- pages
- 12 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- pmid:38544571
- scopus:85188137566
- ISSN
- 2589-0042
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109418
- language
- English
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- yes
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- b641f283-af02-4171-bd65-20fecbf0ca0d
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- 2024-04-03 10:27:19
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- 2024-04-17 12:35:03
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