Hydrothermal treatment of biomass feedstocks for sustainable production of chemicals, fuels, and materials: progress and perspectives

B Zhang, BK Biswal, J Zhang… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Hydrothermal process is an emerging technology that contributes to sustainable production
of biomass-derived chemicals, fuels, and materials. This technology uses hot compressed …

Continuous Flow Upgrading of Selected C2–C6 Platform Chemicals Derived from Biomass

R Gerardy, DP Debecker, J Estager, P Luis… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ever increasing industrial production of commodity and specialty chemicals inexorably
depletes the finite primary fossil resources available on Earth. The forecast of population …

Sustainable management of food waste; pre-treatment strategies, techno-economic assessment, bibliometric analysis, and potential utilizations: A systematic review

AM Elgarahy, MG Eloffy, A Alengebawy… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Food waste (FW) contains many nutritional components such as proteins, lipids, fats,
polysaccharides, carbohydrates, and metal ions, which can be reused in some processes to …

An overview of biorefinery-derived platform chemicals from a cellulose and hemicellulose biorefinery

S Takkellapati, T Li, MA Gonzalez - Clean technologies and …, 2018 - Springer
Until recently, most of energy and industrially produced chemicals were derived from fossil
fuel-based resources. This along with the continued depletion of finite fossil resources and …

Lignocellulosic agricultural waste valorization to obtain valuable products: An overview

A Blasi, A Verardi, CG Lopresto, S Siciliano… - Recycling, 2023 - mdpi.com
The sustainable management of lignocellulosic agricultural waste has gained significant
attention due to its potential for the production of valuable products. This paper provides an …

Catalytic transformation of lignocellulose into chemicals and fuel products in ionic liquids

Z Zhang, J Song, B Han - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Innovative valorization of naturally abundant and renewable lignocellulosic biomass is of
great importance in the pursuit of a sustainable future and biobased economy. Ionic liquids …

Advances in catalytic routes for the production of carboxylic acids from biomass: a step forward for sustainable polymers

J Iglesias, I Martínez-Salazar… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Polymers are ubiquitously present in our daily life because they can meet a wide range of
needs and fields of applications. This success, based on an irresponsible linear …

Lignocellulosic biomass: a sustainable platform for the production of bio-based chemicals and polymers

FH Isikgor, CR Becer - Polymer chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
The demand for petroleum dependent chemicals and materials has been increasing despite
the dwindling of their fossil resources. As the dead-end of petroleum based industry has …

Visible-light-driven amino acids production from biomass-based feedstocks over ultrathin CdS nanosheets

S Song, J Qu, P Han, MJ Hülsey, G Zhang… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Chemical synthesis of amino acids from renewable sources is an alternative route to the
current processes based on fermentation. Here, we report visible-light-driven amination of …

Potential and challenges of zeolite chemistry in the catalytic conversion of biomass

T Ennaert, J Van Aelst, J Dijkmans… - Chemical Society …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Increasing demand for sustainable chemicals and fuels has pushed academia and industry
to search for alternative feedstocks replacing crude oil in traditional refineries. As a result, an …