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 …

Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to initial platform chemicals: chemistry and sustainability

LT Mika, E Cséfalvay, Á Németh - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The replacement of fossil resources that currently provide more than 90% of our energy
needs and feedstocks of the chemical industry in combination with reduced emission of …

Pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials as substrates for fermentation processes

K Kucharska, P Rybarczyk, I Hołowacz, R Łukajtis… - Molecules, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lignocellulosic biomass is an abundant and renewable resource that potentially contains
large amounts of energy. It is an interesting alternative for fossil fuels, allowing the …

Biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuels and bioproducts: an overview

HK Sharma, C Xu, W Qin - Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2019 - Springer
Increasing energy demands are not only exploiting the fossil resources but, also depleting
natural environment. Biofuels from lignocellulosic biomass is a renewable, ecofriendly …

Efficient sugar production from plant biomass: Current status, challenges, and future directions

JY Zhu, X Pan - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic plant biomass is recognized as an alternative resource for sustainable
production of liquid fuels, chemicals, and polymeric materials through the biorefining …

A framework for the design and analysis of integrated multi-product biorefineries from agricultural and forestry wastes

NM Clauser, FE Felissia, MC Area… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Sustainable biomass valorization, as agricultural and forestry wastes, and the development
of conversion processes could bring additional benefits like solving the residue disposal …

Fermentative lactic acid production from lignocellulosic feedstocks: from source to purified product

D Yankov - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The second (lignocellulosic biomass and industrial wastes) and third (algal biomass)
generation feedstocks gained substantial interest as a source of various value-added …

Recent advances in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass

WC Tu, JP Hallett - Current opinion in green and sustainable chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is considered as a sustainable and potentially renewable resourse
alternative to fossil fuels. Research into develo** novel and innovative means to harness …

Natural deep eutectic solvents (DES) for fractionation of waste lignocellulosic biomass and its cascade conversion to value-added bio-based chemicals

JLK Mamilla, U Novak, M Grilc, B Likozar - Biomass and bioenergy, 2019 - Elsevier
Deep eutectic solvents (DES), prepared from choline chloride (ChCl) compound as
hydrogen bond acceptor and lactic acid (LA), oxalic acid (OA), potassium hydroxide or urea …

Valorisation of xylose to renewable fuels and chemicals, an essential step in augmenting the commercial viability of lignocellulosic biorefineries

V Narisetty, R Cox, R Bommareddy… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Biologists and engineers are making tremendous efforts in contributing to a sustainable and
green society. To that end, there is growing interest in waste management and valorisation …