Effect of Dilute Acid Pretreatment and Lignin Extraction Conditions on Lignin Properties and Suitability as a Phenol Replacement in Phenol-Formaldehyde Wood AdhesivesShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, ISSN 0021-8561, E-ISSN 1520-5118, Vol. 71, no 1, p. 592-602Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Corn stover was subjected to dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment to assess the impact of pretreatment conditions on lignin extractability, properties, and utility as a phenol replacement in wood phenol-formaldehyde (PF) adhesives. It was identified that both formic acid and NaOH could extract and recover 60-70% of the lignin remaining after pretreatment and enzymatic hydrolysis under the mildest pretreatment conditions while simultaneously achieving reasonable enzymatic hydrolysis yields (> 60%). The availability of reaction sites for the incorporation of lignins into the PF polymer matrix (i.e., unsubstituted phenolic hydroxyl groups) was shown to be strongly impacted by the pretreatment time and the recovery. Finally, a lignin-based wood adhesive was formulated by replacing 100% of the phenol with formic-acid-extracted lignin, which exhibited a dry shear strength exceeding a conventional PF adhesive. These findings suggest that both pretreatment and lignin extraction conditions can be tailored to yield lignins with properties targeted for this co-product application.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
American Chemical Society (ACS), 2023. Vol. 71, no 1, p. 592-602
Keywords [en]
lignin, wood adhesive, p-coumarate, biorefinery, cellulosic biofuels
National Category
Wood Science Chemical Process Engineering
Research subject
Biochemical Process Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-95299DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c07299ISI: 000905468700001PubMedID: 36562625Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85144905414OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-95299DiVA, id: diva2:1728460
Note
Validerad;2023;Nivå 2;2023-01-18 (sofila);
Funder: USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture (2018-67009-27900/1015055)
2023-01-182023-01-182023-09-04Bibliographically approved