Structural Changes of Lignin after Liquid Hot Water Pretreatment and Its Effect on the Enzymatic Hydrolysis

Table 1

BET measurements of the LHW-untreated and LHW-treated lignin.

	Surface area (m^2/g)	Total pore volume (cc/g)	Average pore diameter (nm)
Untreated lignin	27.12	0.06	8.78
Treated lignin	125.81	0.53	16.87