The integral valorization of potential sugars (cellulosic and hemicellulosic) from spent coffee grounds (SCG), a lignocellulosic residue, is proposed in this work. With aim, the microwave assisted dilute sulfuric acid pretreatment has been optimized, leading to hemicellulosic sugar recovery liquid (HSRL) an enzymatic hydrolysis yield 79 98%, respectively, at 160.47 °C 1.5% H2SO4. Moreover, comp...

objective: in recent decades, β-glucans have been used as important complementary and alternative medicines for numerous immunocompromised individuals and those with end stage of cancer terminal. the most active form of β-glucans is β(1,3)d-glucan and its  most common source is cell wall of candida albicans. recently it has been introduced as a nano particle design to be used as a carrier for d...

Enzymatic bioelectrochemistry represents the marriage of electrochemistry and enzymatic biocatalysis, has led to important applications for biosensors, biofuel cells, bioelectrocatalysis. Enzyme immobilization is basis bioelectrochemistry, as itself determines enzyme/material interface thus electrochemical performance. Amongst range methods enzyme immobilization, one-step approaches feature rap...

Bio-waste from food industry is a significant component to pollute the environment. Bioproducts like biomaterials, biofuel can be produced biowaste and pollution reduced. The study was conducted evaluate quality of bioethanol production investigate for bioelectricity generation using rambutan fruit biowaste. Bioethanol yield highest in 2 days incubation period fermentation. found at 30°C having...

This review focuses on recent advances in microand nano-fabrication techniques and their applications to electrochemical power devices, specifically microfabricated Lithium-ion batteries, enzymatic and microbial fuel cells (biofuel cells), and dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSCs). Although the maturity of these three technologies ranges from market ready (batteries) to fundamental research (biofu...

Cellulase plays an important role in modern industry and holds great potential in biofuel production. Many different types of organisms produce cellulase, which go through secretory pathways to reach the extracellular space, where enzymatic reactions take place. Secretory pathways in various cells have been the focus of many research fields; however, there are few studies on secretory pathways ...

Sustainable biofuel alternatives to fossil fuel energy are hampered by recalcitrance and toxicity of biomass substrates to microbial biocatalysts. To address this issue, we present a culture-independent functional metagenomic platform for mining Nature's vast enzymatic reservoir and show its relevance to biomass conversion. We performed functional selections on 4.7 Gb of metagenomic fosmid libr...

Poly-5,2':5',2''-terthiophen-3'-carboxylic acid (polyTTCA) and poly-Fe(III)-[N,N'-bis[4-(5,2':5',2''-terthien-3'-yl)salicyliden]-1,2-ethanediamine] (polyFeTSED) were synthesized and electrochemically polymerized on an Au surface for use as mediators and catalysts for a biofuel cell. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of (a) the TTCA homopolymer (polyTTCA) and (b) the TTCA-FeTSED copolymer...