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Van Minh Dinh
- PhD student
- Umeå universitet
PhD project: Ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents deconstruct lignocellulosic and crustacean shell materials for production of biofuels and high-value products
Supervisor: Jyri-Pekka Mikkola
Dissertation planned to: 2024
Research area:
- The project aims at contributing to the development of a sustainable society and its energy systems since the technologies targeted in this project should result in products replacing fossil resources with the molecules of nature. In general, one can classify that this project belongs to the area of chemical engineering, with elements of synthetic chemistry and adaptation to the green energy systems. A big challenge upon transformation of biomass to valuable chemical substances and energy-carrier molecules is coupled to the difficulty of dissolving many of the biomacromolecules since they are often not soluble in water or common organic solvents. The fact that a number of ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents can solubilize nature’s molecules – cellulose, lignin or the whole plant or tree – is fascinating and renders it possible to rethink and adapt our energy system to a sustainable, cyclic economy.
- Research theme: 2–biorefinery, 4–material concepts
