For years, fossil fuels have been the predominant feedstock for the production of chemicals,
resulting in their overexploitation and widespread environmental degradation, prompting a …

Biomass, a naturally abundant, sustainable and clean resource has great potential as an
alternative to replace the limited fossil feedstock for value‐added chemicals and fuels …

Currently, the development of alternative and green energy sources has been being strongly
pushed aiming to recoup the lack of fossil energy, to meet the ever-increasing demand of …

Heterogeneous catalysis is a promising technology for the valorization of renewable
biomass to sustainable advanced fuels and fine chemicals. Porosity and nanostructure are …

Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin-derived phenolic compounds is one of the most
promising strategies for the practical conversion of biomass materials to chemicals and …

Photocatalytic upgrading of crucial biomass-derived intermediate chemicals (ie, furfural
alcohol, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)) to value-added products (aldehydes and acids) was …

Conversion of biomass waste to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a value-added platform
chemical, has captured great research interests driven by the economic and environmental …

Utilizing photocatalytic technology to reduce water or carbon dioxide to solar fuels and to
selectively or non-selectively oxidize organics to their respective target products, is a …

The selective transformation of biomass-derived platform chemicals into high-value
chemicals has become one of the important topics of current research as the current …

The innovative combination of photocatalysis and biomass utilization represents a new and
promising approach to achieve a higher grade of sustainability in chemical processes. A …