@article{047a836cc5304762ab5b33ac467bc6ce,
title = "Recent advances in the pretreatment of microalgal and lignocellulosic biomass: A comprehensive review",
abstract = "Microalgal and lignocellulosic biomass is the most sumptuous renewable bioresource raw material existing on earth. Recently, the bioconversion of biomass into biofuels have received significant attention replacing fossil fuels. Pretreatment of biomass is a critical process in the conversion due to the nature and structure of the biomass cell wall that is complex. Although green technologies for biofuel production are advancing, the productivity and yield from these techniques are low. Over the past years, various pretreatment techniques have been developed and successfully employed to improve the technology. This paper presents an in-depth review of the recent advancement of pretreatment methods focusing on microalgal and lignocellulosic biomass. The technological approaches involving physical, chemical, biological and other latest pretreatment methods are reviewed.",
keywords = "Ammonia fiber explosion, Bioconversion, Biomass, Hydrothermal carbonization, Irradiation, Microalgae and lignocellulosics",
author = "Revathy Sankaran and {Parra Cruz}, {Ricardo Andres} and Harshini Pakalapati and Show, {Pau Loke} and Ling, {Tau Chuan} and Chen, {Wei Hsin} and Yang Tao",
note = "Funding Information: The authors acknowledge the financial support of the Jiangsu Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Fund, China (No. CX(19)3076 ); Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan, R.O.C. , under the contracts MOST 106-2923-E-006-002-MY3 and MOST 108-3116-F-006-007-CC1 for this research. This work is partially supported financially by SATU Joint Research Scheme (ST014-2018, ST022-2019), Geran Penyelidikan Universiti Malaya (UMRG Programme) – SUS (Sustainability Science) (RP025B-18SUS) and Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Malaysia FRGS/1/2019/STG05/UNIM/02/2). This research is also supported in part by Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education to the Headquarters of University Advancement at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.biortech.2019.122476",
language = "British English",
volume = "298",
journal = "Bioresource Technology",
issn = "0960-8524",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
}