TY - JOUR AU - Yu, Hui-Tse AU - Chen, Bo-Yu AU - Li, Bing-Yi AU - Tseng, Mei-Chun AU - Han, Chien-Chung AU - Shyu, Shin-Guang PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/20 TI - Efficient pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass with high recovery of solid lignin and fermentable sugars using Fenton reaction in a mixed solvent JO - Biotechnology for Biofuels SP - 287 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Pretreatment of biomass to maximize the recovery of fermentable sugars as well as to minimize the amount of enzyme inhibitors formed during the pretreatment is a challenge in biofuel process. We develop a modified Fenton pretreatment in a mixed solvent (water/DMSO) to combine the advantages of organosolv and Fenton pretreatments. The hemicellulose and cellulose in corncob were effectively degraded into xylose, glucose, and soluble glucose oligomers in a few hours. This saccharide solution, separated from the solid lignin simply by filtration, can be directly applied to the subsequent enzymatic hydrolysis and ethanol fermentation. SN - 1754-6834 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1288-4 DO - 10.1186/s13068-018-1288-4 ID - Yu2018 ER -