Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to hydrogen: Potential and challenges

Nanqi Ren; Aijie Wang; Guangli Cao; Jifei Xu; Lingfang Gao

doi:10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.05.007

Bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to hydrogen: Potential and challenges

Biotechnol Adv. 2009 Nov-Dec;27(6):1051-1060. doi: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.05.007. Epub 2009 May 20.

Authors

Nanqi Ren¹, Aijie Wang², Guangli Cao³, Jifei Xu³, Lingfang Gao³

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China. Electronic address: rnq@hit.edu.cn.
² State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China. Electronic address: waj0578@hit.edu.cn.
³ State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, Harbin Institute of Technology (SKLUWRE, HIT), Harbin 150090, China.

PMID: 19463936
DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2009.05.007

Abstract

No comprehensive review on the bioconversion of lignocellulosic biomass to hydrogen is presented. This paper provides an up-to-date review on recent research development in biotechnology-based lignocellulosic biomass-to-H(2) conversion. Bioconversion of lignocellulosic prehydrolysate, hydrolysate or cellulose to hydrogen was discussed in terms of the involved microorganisms and the bioaugmentation tactics. To achieve fully the utilization of biomass, the integrated approaches composed of coupled dark-photo fermentation and the dark fermentation and bioelectrohydrogenesis were sketched. Additionally, this review sheds light on the perspectives on the lignocellulosic biomass conversion to hydrogen, and on the scientific and technical challenges faced for the lignocelluloses bioconversion.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Biomass*
Biotransformation
Fermentation
Hydrogen / chemistry*
Hydrolysis
Lignin / chemistry
Lignin / metabolism*

Substances

lignocellulose
Hydrogen
Lignin