Aqueous ionic liquid for cellulose pretreatment

What is it about?

To minimize the high costs of ionic liquids, we evaluated the use of aqueous ionic liquids, as well as aqueous deep eutectic solvents, for pretreating cellulosic biomass and found some aqueous ionic systems are effective for improving the enzymatic hydrolysis of cellulose.

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Why is it important?

This is a systematic study of how different ionic liquids in aqueous solution could affect the pretreatment of cellulosic biomass.