Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Bioethanol from macroalgae: Prospects and challenges
aEnergy & Wetlands Research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560012, India.
bCentre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, India
*Corresponding author: Ramachandra T.V   emram.ces@courses.iisc.ac.in
Deepthi Hebbale , deepthih@iisc.ac.in
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Citation :T.V. Ramachandra, Deepthi Hebbale, 2019, Bioethanol from macroalgae: Prospects and challenges, Available online 17 October 2019 1364-0321/© 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2019.109479 Received 24 February 2019; Received in revised form 23 September 2019; Accepted 8 October 2019
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