Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to hydrogen: Potential and challenges.
No comprehensive review on the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to hydrogen is presented. This paper provides an up-to-date review on recent research development in biotechnology-based lignocellulosic biomass-to-H(2) conversion. Bioconversion of lignocellulosic prehydrolysate, hydrolysate or cellulose to hydrogen was discussed in terms of the involved microorganisms and the bioaugmentation tactics. To achieve fully the utilization of biomass, the integrated approaches composed of coupled dark-photo fermentation and the dark fermentation and bioelectrohydrogenesis were sketched. Additionally, this review sheds light on the perspectives on the lignocellulosic biomass conversion to hydrogen, and on the scientific and technical challenges faced for the lignocelluloses bioconversion.
Ren
Nanqi
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State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China. Electronic address: rnq@hit.edu.cn.
Wang
Aijie
A
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China. Electronic address: waj0578@hit.edu.cn.
Cao
Guangli
G
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China.
Xu
Jifei
J
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China.
Gao
Lingfang
L
State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China.
D018533:Biomass; D001711:Biotransformation; D005285:Fermentation; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008031:Lignin / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
C036909:lignocellulose; D006859:Hydrogen; D008031:Lignin