One-pot quantitative hydrolysis of lignocelluloses mediated by black liquor

- Lignocelluloses are hydrolyzed into small organic molecules with good selectivity.
- Cellulose and hemicellulose into small organic acids, lignin into small molecular aromatics.
- Neither gasification nor black tar formation was observed.
- Most of sulphur-chemicals in black liquor are oxidized into sulphates.
- Oxygen-transfer between carbohydrates and lignin may be the possible reaction mechanism.