Since the discovery of catalysis by Au nanoparticles (NPs), unique catalytic features of Au
have appeared that are greatly different from those of Pd and Pt. In this Review, we aimed to …

The production of future transportation fuels and chemicals requires the deployment of new
catalytic processes that transform biomass into valuable products under competitive …

Rationally tailoring the coordination environments of metal single atoms (SAs) is an effective
approach to promote their catalytic performances, which, however, remains as a challenge …

The production of chemicals from biomass, a renewable feedstock, is highly desirable in
replacing petrochemicals to make biorefineries more economical. The best approach to …

Polymeric materials play a key role in modern industry. Owing to outstanding and very
versatile properties of polymers, they have rather quickly occupied the great niche of …

Nickel is a promising catalyst for the hydrogenation of furfural (FA) into furfuryl alcohol (FOL)
and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (TFOL). However, slow H* desorption and low catalytic …

Catalytic transformation of biomass‐derived compounds to different platform chemicals and
liquid fuel is a prominent way to reduce the global dependence on fossil resources. In past …

Supported single-atom catalysts (SACs) have attracted much attention as their
advantageous performances in heterogenous catalysis. Here, we report a general synthesis …

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) as an important versatile compound derived from renewable
biomass has gained great significance in both industry and academia. The oxidative …

The high-yield synthesis of the biofuel γ-valerolactone (GVL) is a challenging task, which
currently stems from the depolymerization of cellulose to levulinic acid, followed by its …