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Prospectus of Nanotechnology in Bioethanol Productions

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Green Nanotechnology for Biofuel Production

Part of the book series: Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies ((BBT,volume 5))

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Technological advancements and global energy requirements of the twenty-first century has resulted in alarming global warming situations and depletion of nonrenewable fossil fuels. The search for alternative sources of energy to curb the dependency on fossil fuels has, in turn, affected the attention toward biofuels like bioethanol. Bioethanol is one of the highly useful fuel additives given its eco-friendly and renewable potentials. Bioethanol production uses fermentation technology to convert carbohydrate rich biomass to biofuel, though high production costs and some technical glitches deemed a drawback. Nanotechnology could help overcome such challenges and help in the sustainable production of such biofuels. Various nanoparticles and nanomaterials have already been reported to have an impact on the biofuel productions like bioethanol. In this chapter, we explore the various interesting approaches and current trends of the usage of nanotechnology retrospective to bioethanol productions.

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  1. Molecular Microbiology and Systematic Laboratory, Department of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, 796004, Mizoram, India

    Vincent Vineeth Leo

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, 796004, Mizoram, India

    Bhim Pratap Singh

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  1. Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India

    Neha Srivastava

  2. Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

    Manish Srivastava

  3. Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sam Higgnbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India

    Himanshu Pandey

  4. Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India

    P.K. Mishra

  5. Department of Biological Sciences, Sam Higgnbottom Institute of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India

    Pramod W. Ramteke

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Leo, V.V., Singh, B.P. (2018). Prospectus of Nanotechnology in Bioethanol Productions. In: Srivastava, N., Srivastava, M., Pandey, H., Mishra, P., Ramteke, P. (eds) Green Nanotechnology for Biofuel Production. Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies, vol 5. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-75052-1_9

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