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 …

Technological innovations in photochemistry for organic synthesis: flow chemistry, high-throughput experimentation, scale-up, and photoelectrochemistry

L Buglioni, F Raymenants, A Slattery… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Photoinduced chemical transformations have received in recent years a tremendous amount
of attention, providing a plethora of opportunities to synthetic organic chemists. However …

Photons or electrons? A critical comparison of electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis for organic synthesis

NES Tay, D Lehnherr, T Rovis - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Redox processes are at the heart of synthetic methods that rely on either electrochemistry or
photoredox catalysis, but how do electrochemistry and photoredox catalysis compare? Both …

Photocatalytic transformations of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals

X Wu, N Luo, S **e, H Zhang, Q Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As the largest renewable carbon resource, lignocellulosic biomass has great potential to
replace fossil resources for the production of high-value chemicals, in particular organic …

Radical generation and fate control for photocatalytic biomass conversion

Z Huang, N Luo, C Zhang, F Wang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Photocatalysis is an emerging approach for sustainable chemical production from
renewable biomass under mild conditions. Active radicals are always generated as key …

Stabilization strategies in biomass depolymerization using chemical functionalization

YM Questell-Santiago, MV Galkin, K Barta… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
A central feature of most lignocellulosic-biomass-valorization strategies is the
depolymerization of all its three major constituents: cellulose and hemicellulose to simple …

Mechanism insight into photocatalytic conversion of lignin for valuable chemicals and fuels production: A state-of-the-art review

H Chen, K Wan, F Zheng, Z Zhang, Y Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The depletion of traditional fossil fuel reserves and ever-increasing environmental problems
have prompted the demand for the exploration of renewable resources. Lignin is an earth …

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 …

Enhancing photocatalytic β-O-4 bond cleavage in lignin model compounds by silver-exchanged cadmium sulfide

H Yoo, MW Lee, S Lee, J Lee, S Cho, H Lee… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic conversion of lignocellulose to valuable aromatics has significant potential for
applications in biorefineries. The photocatalyst efficiency of lignocellulose conversion is …

Photoreforming for Lignin upgrading: a critical review

X Cheng, B Palma, H Zhao, H Zhang, J Wang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photoreforming of lignocellulosic biomass to simultaneously produce gas fuels and value‐
added chemicals has gradually emerged as a promising strategy to alleviate the fossil fuels …