Joe Sagues

Quantifying atmospheric carbon removal at pulp and paper mills: a life cycle assessment across system boundaries

Carrejo, E., Ortega, R., Lan, K., Sanchez, D. L., Park, S., & Sagues, W. J. (2026, January 6). Carbon Neutrality.

A techno-economic assessment of carbon dioxide removal pathways via biochemical conversion of lignocellulose to biofuels and bioplastics

Clauser, N., Scown, C. D., Pett-Ridge, J., & Sagues, W. J. (2025, April 8). Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 216.

Biocarbon Flow Capacitors (BFCs) for Energy Storage and Carbon Removal

Sagues, W. J., Garland, N., & Ferris, A. (2025, November 24). ECS Meeting Abstracts.

Biogenic carbon capture at pulp mills via sodium spiking and oxy-fuel calcination

Carrejo, E., Jameel, H., Park, S., & Sagues, W. J. (2025, May 16). International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, Vol. 145.

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment and Techno-Economic Analysis of Textile Waste Valorization via Modular Bioenergy with Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage

Morizet-Davis, J., Qiu, Y., Khongpatimakorn, J., Daystar, J., Lan, K., Park, S., … Venditti, R. A. (2025, December 20). BioEnergy Research.

Gaseous carbon dioxide removal from composting of biomass and cotton textile waste

Woods, E., Berlin, P., Daystar, J., & Sagues, W. J. (2025, September 15). Waste Management.

Impacts of Municipal and Industrial Organic Waste Components on the Kinetics and Potentials of Biomethane Production via Anaerobic Digestion

Qiu, Y., Lower, L., Berrio, V. R., Cunniffe, J., Kolar, P., Cheng, J., & Sagues, W. J. (2025, February 21). Waste and Biomass Valorization, Vol. 2.

Kinetic Modeling of Thermophilic Anaerobic Digestion of Lemnaceae for Biogas Production

Lower, L., Qiu, Y., Sartor, R. C., Sagues, W. J., & Cheng, J. J. (2025, February 11). BioEnergy Research, Vol. 18.

Low-Temperature Processing of Pyrolysis Bio-Oil for Sustainable Biographite Production

Dey, S. C., Worfolk, B. J., Sagues, W. J., Bhardwaj, R. K., Villers, B. J. T., Rowland, S. M., … Park, S. (2025, June 2). Energy & Fuels, Vol. 6.

Process design and techno-economic analysis for bio-based graphite and liquid hydrocarbons production from lignocellulosic biomass

Gonzalez-Aguirre, J. A., Dey, S. C., Sagues, W. J., Combs, Z., Rowland, S., Dutta, A., & Park, S. (2025, August 20). Bioresource Technology.

Sustainable Graphite and Jet Fuel from Biorefinery Residue

Lower, L., Rowland, S. M., Regula, M., Iisa, K., Combs, Z. A., Park, S., … Sagues, W. J. (2025, March 4). ChemSusChem, Vol. 3.

Techno-Economic Analysis of Industrial-Scale Fermentation for Formate Dehydrogenase (FDH) Production

Cunniffe, J., Berrio, V. R., Hunter, C. R., Nguyen, T., Salmon, S., Crook, N., … Sagues, W. J. (2025, September 1).

Techno-Economic Analysis of Industrial-Scale Fermentation for Formate Dehydrogenase (FDH) Production

Cunniffe, J., Rondon-Berrio, V., Hunter, C., Grunden, A., Crook, N., Salmon, S., & Sagues, W. J. (2025, January 1). SSRN Electronic Journal, Vol. 1.

Techno-Economic Assessment of Atmospheric Carbon Removal via Industrial Composting of Biomass Waste with CO₂ Capture

Woods, E., Clauser, N., Daystar, J., & Sagues, W. J. (2025, May 30). ACS Omega, Vol. 5.

Techno-economic analysis of industrial-scale fermentation for formate dehydrogenase (FDH) production

Cunniffe, J., Berrio, V. R., Hunter, C., Nguyen, T., Salmon, S., Crook, N., … Sagues, W. J. (2025, December 6). Bioresources and Bioprocessing.

Biomass composting with gaseous carbon dioxide capture

Woods, E., Berrio, V. R., Qiu, Y., Berlin, P., Clauser, N., & Sagues, W. J. (2024, January 1). RSC Sustainability, Vol. 2, pp. 621–625.

Catalytic graphitization of pyrolysis oil for anode application in lithium-ion batteries

Dey, S. C., Lower, L., Vook, T., Islam, M. N., Sagues, W. J., Han, S.-D., … Park, S. (2024, January 1). Green Chemistry, Vol. 7.

Elucidating the impacts of municipal and industrial organic waste components on the kinetics and potentials of biomethane production via anaerobic digestion

Qiu, Y., Lower, L., Berrio, V. R., Cunniffe, J., Kolar, P., Cheng, J., & Sagues, W. J. (2024, October 3).

Evaluating cotton apparel with dynamic life cycle assessment: The climate benefits of temporary biogenic carbon storage

BioResources, 19(3), 5074–5095.

Kinetic assessment of pulp mill-derived lime mud calcination in high CO2 atmosphere

Fuel, 373, 132372.

Phenolic Resin Derived Hard Carbon Anode for Sodium-Ion Batteries: A Review

Dey, S. C., Worfolk, B., Lower, L., Sagues, W. J., Nimlos, M. R., Kelley, S. S., & Park, S. (2024, May 8). ACS Energy Letters, Vol. 5.

Poultry litter-derived biochar for supercapacitor applications

Rafsan, N.-A.-S., Haque, S. F. B., Shah, S., Sagues, J., Ding, R., Ferraris, J., & Kolar, P. (2024, August 23). Next Energy.

Catalytic Graphitization of Biocarbon for Lithium‐Ion Anodes: A Minireview

Lower, L., Dey, S. C., Vook, T., Nimlos, M., Park, S., & Sagues, W. J. (2023, August 29). ChemSusChem.

Green Needle Coke Production from Pyrolysis Biocrude toward Bio-based Anode Material Manufacture: Biochar Fines Addition Effect as “Physical Template” on the Crystalline Order

Molina, E. A. R., Vook, T., Sagues, W. J., Kim, K., Labbé, N., Park, S., & Kelley, S. S. (2023, April 25). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, Vol. 11, pp. 6944–6955.

Leveraging the bioeconomy for carbon drawdown

Dees, J. P., Sagues, W. J., Woods, E., Goldstein, H. M., Simon, A. J., & Sanchez, D. L. (2023, January 1). Green Chemistry, Vol. 4.

Selective Depolymerization of Lignin Towards Isolated Phenolic Acids Under Mild Conditions

Peng, W., Bao, H., Wang, Y., Cote, E., Sagues, W. J., Hagelin‐Weaver, H., … Tong, Z. (2023, July 7). ChemSusChem, Vol. 8.

Sustainable Li-ion anode material from Fe-catalyzed graphitization of paper waste

Vook, T., Dey, S. C., Yang, J., Nimlos, M., Park, S., Han, S.-D., & Sagues, W. J. (2023, October 12). Journal of Energy Storage, Vol. 73.

Coupling Circularity With Carbon Negativity in Food and Agriculture Systems

Lower, L., Cunniffe, J., Cheng, J. J., & Sagues, W. J. (2022, January 1). Journal of the ASABE, Vol. 65, pp. 849–864.

A simple method for producing bio-based anode materials for lithium-ion batteries

Sagues, W. J., Yang, J., Monroe, N., Han, S.-D., Vinzant, T., Yung, M., … Park, S. (2020, January 1). Green Chemistry, Vol. 22, pp. 7093–7108.

Depolymerization of Lignin into Monophenolics by Ferrous/Persulfate Reagent under Mild Conditions

Bao, H., Sagues, W. J., Wang, Y., Peng, W., Zhang, L., Yang, S., … Tong, Z. (2020, October 19). ChemSusChem, Vol. 10.

Prospects for bioenergy with carbon capture & storage (BECCS) in the United States pulp and paper industry

Sagues, W. J., Jameel, H., Sanchez, D. L., & Park, S. (2020, January 1). Energy & Environmental Science, Vol. 13, pp. 2243–2261.

Are lignin-derived carbon fibers graphitic enough?

Green Chemistry, 21(16), 4253–4265.

Decarbonizing agriculture through the conversion of animal manure to dietary protein and ammonia fertilizer

Sagues, W. J., Assis, C. A., Hah, P., Sanchez, D. L., Johnson, Z., Acharya, M., … Park, S. (2019, December 2). Bioresource Technology, Vol. 297, p. 122493.

Enhanced carbon dioxide removal from coupled direct air capture–bioenergy systems

Sagues, W. J., Park, S., Jameel, H., & Sanchez, D. L. (2019, January 1). Sustainable Energy & Fuels, Vol. 3, pp. 3135–3146.

Potential for ethanol production from different sorghum cultivars

Castro, E., Nieves, I. U., Rondón, V., Sagues, W. J., Fernández-Sandoval, M. T., Yomano, L. P., … Vermerris, W. (2017, September 8). Industrial Crops and Products, Vol. 109, pp. 367–373.

Techno-economic analysis of ethanol production from sugarcane bagasse using a Liquefaction plus Simultaneous Saccharification and co-Fermentation process

Gubicza, K., Nieves, I. U., Sagues, W. J., Barta, Z., Shanmugam, K. T., & Ingram, L. O. (2016, February 1). Bioresource Technology, Vol. 208, pp. 42–48.

Optimization of dilute-phosphoric-acid steam pretreatment of Eucalyptus benthamii for biofuel production

Castro, E., Nieves, I. U., Mullinnix, M. T., Sagues, W. J., Hoffman, R. W., Fernández-Sandoval, M. T., … Ingram, L. O. (2014, April 16). Applied Energy, Vol. 125, pp. 76–83.

Seed train development for the fermentation of bagasse from sweet sorghum and sugarcane using a simplified fermentation process

Geddes, C. C., Mullinnix, M. T., Nieves, I. U., Hoffman, R. W., Sagues, W. J., York, S. W., … Ingram, L. O. (2012, October 16). Bioresource Technology, Vol. 128, pp. 716–724.

Lignin-First Approach to Biorefining: Utilizing Fentons Reagent and Supercritical Ethanol for the Production of Phenolics and Sugars