METHOD OF TREATING PLANT BIOMASS

摘要

Plant biomass is immersed in a solution that contains a polar solvent and an imidazolium. salt that has a melting point of at least 100°C. As a result, the cellulose and hemicellulose present in the plant biomass are relaxed (decrystallized and depolymerized) and brought into an easy-to-degrade state. Reacting the immersed plant biomass with a cellulase produces saccharide at a high conversion efficiency.