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@article{Hallett:2021:10.1039/D1RA01943K,
author = {Hallett, J},
doi = {10.1039/D1RA01943K},
journal = {RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences},
pages = {18395--18403},
title = {Rhododendron and Japanese Knotweed: invasive species as innovative crops for second generation biofuels},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1RA01943K},
volume = {11},
year = {2021}
}

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AB  - We investigated the potential of two terrestrial biomass invasive species in the United-Kingdom as lignocellulosic biofuel feedstocks: Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica) and Rhododendron (Rhododendron ponticum). We demonstrate that a pretreatment technique using a low-cost protic ionic liquid, the ionoSolv process, can be used for such types of plant species considered as waste, to allow their integration into a biorefinery. N,N,N-Dimethylbutylammonium hydrogen sulfate ([DMBA][HSO4]) was able to fractionate the biomass into a cellulose-rich pulp and a lignin stream at high temperatures (150–170 °C) and short reaction times (15–60 minutes). More than 70–80% of the subsequent cellulose was hydrolysed into fermentable sugars, which were fermented into the renewable energy vector bioethanol.
AU  - Hallett,J
DO  - 10.1039/D1RA01943K
EP  - 18403
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 2046-2069
SP  - 18395
TI  - Rhododendron and Japanese Knotweed: invasive species as innovative crops for second generation biofuels
T2  - RSC Advances: an international journal to further the chemical sciences
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/D1RA01943K
UR  - https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2021/RA/D1RA01943K#!divAbstract
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/89663
VL  - 11
ER  -

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