Research Article pubs.acs.org/journal/ascecg
Oxygen Enhances Polyoxometalate-based Catalytic Dissolution and Delignification of Woody Biomass in Ionic Liquids Fangchao Cheng,†,‡ Hui Wang,† and Robin D. Rogers*,† †
Center for Green Manufacturing and Department of Chemistry, Box 870336, Shelby Hall, 250 Hackberry Lane, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487, United States ‡ Key Laboratory of Bio-based Material Science and Technology of Ministry of Education of China, College of Material Science and Engineering, Northeast Forestry University, 26 Hexing Road, Harbin 150040, China S Supporting Information *
ABSTRACT: Complete dissolution and over 90% delignification of Southern yellow pine (