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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2021
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia, Llc, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Lalitendu Das, Emeryville, CA (US);
Hemant Choudhary, Emeryville, CA (US);
John M. Gladden, Alameda, CA (US);
Blake A. Simmons, San Francisco, CA (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING SOLUTIONS OF SANDIA, LLC, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
The present invention also provides for a method to deconstruct a biomass: the method comprising: (a) introducing a solvent to a biomass to dissolve at least part of solid biomass in the solvent, wherein the solvent comprises (i) a metal salt, and (ii) an ionic liquid (IL) or deep eutectic solvent (DES), or mixture thereof, to form a solubilized biomass mixture; (b) optionally introducing an enzyme and/or a microbe to the composition such that the enzyme and/or microbe produce a biofuel and/or chemical compound from the solubilized biomass; and, (c) optionally the biofuel and/or chemical compound is separated from the composition.