Advancing Sustainable Production of High-Performance Cellulose Pulps.

ABSTRACT: With a growing demand for renewable resources in high-performance materials, sustainable methods are preferred for their lower environmental impact and alignment with circular economy principles. Among these, enzymatic hydrolysis remains relatively underexplored yet shows strong potential for cellulose fibrillation, offering a promising route that may lower energy requirements by minimizing the need for extensive refining compared to conventional mechanical or chemical approaches. In this study, enzyme cocktails rich in cellulase and xylanase were applied to three industrial pulps, sulphite, bleached Kraft eucalyptus and thermomechanical pine, to produce high-performance cellulose pulps. Treatments were carried out using varying enzyme loads (5-40 filter paper units per gram of dry pulp, F

SUBMITTER: Moran-Aguilar MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12610377 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature