Valorising orange and banana peels: Green catalysts for transesterification and biodiesel production in a circular bioeconomy

AK Rajak, M Harikrishna, DL Mahato… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background Recent advancements have developed heterogeneous catalysts from biomass
and bio-waste, offering renewable, non-toxic, and recyclable solutions. Using agricultural …

Solvent-driven isomerization of muconates in DMSO: reaction mechanism and process sustainability

I Khalil, F Rammal, L De Vriendt, AS Narmon… - Green …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
The production of renewable chemicals and monomers is fundamental for transitioning to a
future circular economy. Currently, cis, cis-muconic acid (ccMA) is a bio-sourced platform …

Insight into the reaction route and the effect of Brønsted and Lewis acid for alkylation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural

H Wang, W Wang, Y Ma, J Zhu, ZH He, ZT Liu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) can be upgraded to ether as fuel or fuel additives through
conversion of the hydroxyl and aldehyde groups. The two groups are always involved in …

Constructing mesoporous CeO2 single-crystal particles in ionic liquids for enhancing the conversion of CO2 and alcohols to carbonates

J Huang, J Wang, H Duan, S Chen, J Zhang… - Chinese Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Catalysts for CO 2 value-added conversion have been extensively explored, but there is still
a lack of systematic design for catalysts that achieve efficient CO 2 conversion under mild …