{"id":1545,"date":"2025-12-23T10:37:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=1545"},"modified":"2025-12-23T10:37:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:37:08","slug":"electrochemical-depolymerization-of-lignin-in-a-biomass%e2%80%90based-solvent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/?p=1545","title":{"rendered":"Electrochemical Depolymerization of Lignin in a Biomass\u2010based Solvent**"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>DOI:<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/cssc.202200718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1002\/cssc.202200718<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Authors:<\/h4>\n<p>M\u00e1rcia Gabriely Alves da Cruz, Robin Gueret, Jianhong Chen, J\u0119drzej Pi\u0105tek, Bj\u00f6rn B. Beele, Mika H. Sipponen, Marcella Frauscher, Serhiy Budnyk, Bruno V. M. Rodrigues, Adam Slabon<\/p>\n<h4>Abstract:<\/h4>\n<p>Abstract Breaking down lignin into smaller units is the key to generate high value\u2010added products. Nevertheless, dissolving this complex plant polyphenol in an environment\u2010friendly way is often a challenge. Levulinic acid, which is formed during the hydrothermal processing of lignocellulosic biomass, has been shown to efficiently dissolve lignin. Herein, levulinic acid was evaluated as a medium for the reductive electrochemical depolymerization of the lignin macromolecule. Copper was chosen as the electrocatalyst due to the economic feasibility and low activity towards the hydrogen evolution reaction. After depolymerization, high\u2010resolution mass spectrometry and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy revealed lignin\u2010derived monomers and dimers. A predominance of aryl ether and phenolic groups was observed. Depolymerized lignin was further evaluated as an anti\u2010corrosion coating, revealing enhancements on the electrochemical stability of the metal. Via a simple depolymerization process of biomass waste in a biomass\u2010based solvent, a straightforward approach to produce high value\u2010added compounds or tailored biobased materials was demonstrated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4>DOI:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"b-doi\">10.1002\/cssc.202200718<\/div>\n<h4>Authors:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"b-author\">M\u00e1rcia Gabriely Alves da Cruz, Robin Gueret, Jianhong Chen, J\u0119drzej Pi\u0105tek, Bj\u00f6rn B. Beele, Mika H. Sipponen, Marcella Frauscher, Serhiy Budnyk, Bruno V. M. Rodrigues, Adam Slabon<\/div>\n<h4>Abstract:<\/h4>\n<div class=\"b-intro\">Abstract Breaking down lignin into smaller units is the key to generate high value\u2010added products. Nevertheless, dissolving this complex plant polyphenol in an environment\u2010friendly way is often a challenge. Levulinic acid, which is formed during the hydrothermal processing of lignocellulosic biomass, has been shown to efficiently dissolve lignin. Herein, levulinic&hellip;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-1545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sp-150-potentiostat","tag-corrosion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1545\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citations.tools.bio-logic.fr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}