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 …

Emerging engineered wood for building applications

Y Ding, Z Pang, K Lan, Y Yao, G Panzarasa… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The building sector, including building operations and materials, was responsible for the
emission of∼ 11.9 gigatons of global energy-related CO2 in 2020, accounting for 37% of the …

Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

Ru− FeNi alloy heterojunctions on lignin‐derived carbon as bifunctional electrocatalysts for efficient overall water splitting

X Lin, J Liu, X Qiu, B Liu, X Wang, L Chen… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Rational design of efficient, stable, and inexpensive bifunctional electrocatalysts for oxygen
evolution reactions (OER) and hydrogen evolution reactions (HER) is a key challenge to …

Cooperative coupling of oxidative organic synthesis and hydrogen production over semiconductor-based photocatalysts

MY Qi, M Conte, M Anpo, ZR Tang, YJ Xu - Chemical Reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
Merging hydrogen (H2) evolution with oxidative organic synthesis in a semiconductor-
mediated photoredox reaction is extremely attractive because the clean H2 fuel and high …

Lignin as a green and multifunctional alternative to phenol for resin synthesis

W Li, H Sun, G Wang, W Sui, L Dai, C Si - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Phenolic resins (PRs) are being widely used in many fields such as molding plastics, foams,
coatings, and semiconductor packaging owing to their good properties including corrosion …

A strong, biodegradable and recyclable lignocellulosic bioplastic

Q **a, C Chen, Y Yao, J Li, S He, Y Zhou, T Li… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Renewable and biodegradable materials derived from biomass are attractive candidates to
replace non-biodegradable petrochemical plastics. However, the mechanical performance …

Biopolymer‐based gel electrolytes for electrochemical energy Storage: Advances and prospects

W Yang, W Yang, J Zeng, Y Chen, Y Huang… - Progress in Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of wearable electronics, safety hazards and operational stability
have drawn widespread attention in recent years. Biopolymers with low cost, eco‐friendly …

Organic thermally activated delayed fluorescence (TADF) compounds used in photocatalysis

MA Bryden, E Zysman-Colman - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic compounds that show Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence (TADF) have
become wildly popular as next-generation emitters in organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) …

Intermetallic synergy in platinum–cobalt electrocatalysts for selective C–O bond cleavage

R Wu, Q Meng, J Yan, Z Zhang, B Chen, H Liu, J Tai… - Nature Catalysis, 2024 - nature.com
Catalysts with tailored structures are crucial to determine the selectivity of chemical
reactions. However, the design of catalyst structures for the selective cleavage of hydroxylic …