Photorefinery of biomass and plastics to renewable chemicals using heterogeneous catalysts

S Feng, PTT Nguyen, X Ma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The photocatalytic conversion of biomass and plastic waste provides opportunities for
sustainable fuel and chemical production. Heterogeneous photocatalysts, typically …

Solar-driven photoelectrochemical conversion of biomass: Recent progress, mechanistic insights and potential scalability

C **, M Han, Y Wu, S Wang - Energy & Environmental Science, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The selective conversion of renewable biomass to value-added chemicals/fuels via
environment-friendly photoelectrochemical (PEC) technology has enormous development …

[HTML][HTML] Selective glucose oxidation to glucaric acid using bimetallic catalysts: Lattice expansion or electronic structure effect?

Ž Lavrič, J Teržan, A Kroflič, J Zavašnik… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Our study presents a comprehensive approach for the selective oxidation of glucose to
glucaric acid (GA) by heterogeneous catalysis. We have synthesized and characterized …

[HTML][HTML] Catalysts and processes for gluconic and glucaric acids production: A comprehensive review of market and chemical routes

JV Machado, MLA da Silva, CLS Silva… - Catalysis …, 2023 - Elsevier
Glucaric acid and gluconic acid, compounds with diverse applications, have market values
projected to reach $1.4 billion and $1.9 billion by 2028, respectively. The one-pot glucose …

[HTML][HTML] Selective photocatalytic glucaric acid production from TEMPO-mediated glucose oxidation on alkalized carbon nitride

J Wang, Q Zhao, Z Li, Y **ao, X Zhang, N Zhong… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2025 - Elsevier
Biomass photorefining is a promising approach for sustainable clean energy and high-value
chemical production. However, selectively converting glucose into glucaric acid, the most …

pH Dependence of Dihydroxyacetone Oxidation by Electrocatalytic Viologen Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold Electrodes

RS Stanley, NE Pringle, D King, SL Cox, H Han… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Carbohydrate fuel cells garner much research interest as the world's focus shifts from fossil
fuels to renewable energy. Many catalyst options are available for carbohydrate fuel cell …

Enhancing glucaric acid production from myo-inositol in Escherichia coli by eliminating cell-to-cell variation

N Ding, L Sun, X Zhou, L Zhang… - Applied and …, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
Glucaric acid (GA) is a value-added chemical and can be used to manufacture food
additives, anticancer drugs, and polymers. The non-genetic cell-to-cell variations in GA …

A general photoinduced oxidative strategy with molecular oxygen in water

J Gu, H Yang, J Deng, D Jiang, K Lv, T Wang… - Organic Chemistry …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We describe here an environmentally friendly and low-cost oxidative strategy with the use of
water as a solvent and O2 as an oxidant for the oxidation of a broad array of substrates …

Ultrasonication‐Assisted Preparation of Au‐Pt/ZrO2 Catalysts for the Selective Base‐Free Oxidation of Glucose to Glucaric Acid

N Potrzebowska, L Cardenas, E Derrien… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Selective catalytic oxidation of glucose to glucaric acid is still challenging due to the
potential formation of a large range of by‐products. ZrO2 supported AuPt catalysts are very …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in the electrocatalytic oxidative upgrading of lignocellulosic biomass

Y Qi, H Guo, J Li, L Ma, Y Xu, H Liu, C Wang, Z Zhang - ChemPhysMater, 2024 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is a critical renewable carbon resource, but most of its utilization is
inefficient, and electrocatalytic oxidation is a promising method of upgrading lignocellulose …