Wood biomass-derived carbon for high-performance electromagnetic wave absorbing and shielding

C Liu, M Han, J Lin, W Liu, J Liu, Z Zeng - Carbon, 2023 - Elsevier
With the speedy advancement of wireless communications, electromagnetic wave (EMW)
pollution and electromagnetic interference (EMI) are gradually austere, which makes it an …

Design of biorefineries towards carbon neutrality: A critical review

AB Culaba, AP Mayol, JLG San Juan, AT Ubando… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
The increase in worldwide demand for energy is driven by the rapid increase in population
and exponential economic development. This resulted in the fast depletion of fossil fuel …

Catalytic conversion of lignin into valuable chemicals: full utilization of aromatic nuclei and side chains

B Zhang, Q Meng, H Liu, B Han - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus In recent years, significant efforts have been directed toward achieving efficient
and mild lignocellulosic biomass conversion into valuable chemicals and fuels, aiming to …

Sustainable lignin modifications and processing methods: green chemistry as the way forward

B Jacobs, Y Yao, I Van Nieuwenhove, D Sharma… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The anthropologic impact on climate has reached a critical level given that society relies on
non-renewable fossil resources for energy. Thus, to alleviate this, lignins can play a key role …

Photocatalytic transfer hydrogenolysis of aryl ethers

Z Peng, Z Wu, X Sun, H Li - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Aryl ethers greatly influence lignin depolymerization and the oxygen content in lignin
products. Cleaving aryl ethers normally requires harsh conditions such as high-pressure …

Striding the threshold of photocatalytic lignin-first biorefining via a bottom-up approach: from model compounds to realistic lignin

J Xu, P Zhou, C Zhang, L Yuan, X **ao, L Dai… - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Upgrading renewable lignocellulose into bulk chemicals and drop-in-fuels has been
identified as a state-of-the-art paradigm to fulfill alternative energy demands. Lignin, as the …

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 …

Latest trends in the large-scale production of MOFs in accordance with the principles of green chemistry

K Pobłocki, J Drzeżdżon, B Gawdzik, D Jacewicz - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
An increasing number of research groups are focusing on patents for the production of metal–
organic frameworks (MOFs) on a large scale. MOFs, due to their porous structure, have been …

Construction of electron transport channels and oxygen adsorption sites to modulate reactive oxygen species for photocatalytic selective oxidation of 5 …

H Qian, Q Hou, W Zhang, Y Nie, R Lai, H Ren… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Photocatalytic oxidation is an attractive approach for biomass valorization, but
uncontrollable reactive oxygen species (ROS) inevitably initiates over-oxidation of target …

Hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol to phenol using endogenous hydrogen induced by chemo-splitting of water over a versatile nano-porous Ni catalyst

X Ren, Z Sun, J Lu, J Cheng, P Zhou, X Yu, Z Rong… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this work, an innovative route for upgrading biomass-derived phenolic monomers by
“hydrogen-free” hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) was proposed and evaluated. The HDO …