Catalytic strategies and mechanism analysis orbiting the center of critical intermediates in lignin depolymerization

C Zhang, X Shen, Y **, J Cheng, C Cai… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Lignin, as a precious resource given to mankind by nature with abundant functional aromatic
structures, has drawn much attention in the recent decade from academia to industry …

Downstream processing of lignin derived feedstock into end products

SS Wong, R Shu, J Zhang, H Liu, N Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the enormous research efforts in recent years regarding lignin depolymerisation and
functionalisation, few commercial products are available. This review provides a summary …

Advances in pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy production: Challenges and perspectives

L Zhao, ZF Sun, CC Zhang, J Nan, NQ Ren… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a clean and renewable energy, bioenergy is one of the most promising alternatives to
fossil fuels. Lignocellulose possesses great potential for bioenergy production, but the …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances and viability in biofuel production

SJ Malode, KK Prabhu, RJ Mascarenhas… - Energy Conversion and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The fossil fuel issues due to toxic carbon dioxide emissions and climate change have a
direct link with the particulate matter that has caused severe threat to the environment. The …

Transformations of less-activated phenols and phenol derivatives via C–O cleavage

Z Qiu, CJ Li - Chemical Reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Employing phenols and phenol derivatives as electrophiles for cross-coupling reactions has
numerous advantages over commonly used aryl halides in terms of environmental …

Transition metals-catalyzed amination of biomass feedstocks for sustainable construction of N-heterocycles

Q Yan, X Wu, H Jiang, H Wang, F Xu, H Li… - Coordination Chemistry …, 2024 - Elsevier
Transition metals, which are of diversity in their bonding orbitals, have a variety of significant
oxidation states and more complex chemical properties compared to the main group metals …

Journey of lignin from a roadblock to bridge for lignocellulose biorefineries: A comprehensive review

V Sharma, ML Tsai, P Nargotra, CW Chen… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The grave concerns arisen as a result of environmental pollution and diminishing fossil fuel
reserves in the 21st century have shifted the focus on the use of sustainable and …

Electrochemical routes for the valorization of biomass-derived feedstocks: from chemistry to application

FWS Lucas, RG Grim, SA Tacey, CA Downes… - ACS Energy …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The drive to reduce consumption of fossil resources, coupled with expanding capacity for
renewable electricity, invites the exploration of new routes to utilize this energy for the …

Circular economy aspects of lignin: towards a lignocellulose biorefinery

VK Garlapati, AK Chandel, SPJ Kumar… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Lignin is the second most abundant polymer, which comprises15-30%(dry weight) of total
lignocellulosic biomass. Recent studies focused on the effective utilization of lignin …

A review: depolymerization of lignin to generate high-value bio-products: opportunities, challenges, and prospects

N Zhou, WPDW Thilakarathna, QS He… - Frontiers in Energy …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Lignin is identified as a promising candidate in renewable energy and bioproduct
manufacturing due to its high abundance, polymeric structure, and biochemical properties of …