The E factor at 30: a passion for pollution prevention

RA Sheldon - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The introduction of the E Factor in 1992 focussed attention on the problem of waste
generation, defined as everything but the desired product, in chemicals manufacture and …

A review on the challenges and choices for food waste valorization: environmental and economic impacts

P Roy, AK Mohanty, P Dick, M Misra - ACS environmental Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Valorization of food waste (FW) is instrumental for reducing the environmental and economic
burden of FW and transitioning to a circular economy. The FW valorization process has …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Classical and reactive molecular dynamics: Principles and applications in combustion and energy systems

Q Mao, M Feng, XZ Jiang, Y Ren, KH Luo… - Progress in Energy and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Molecular dynamics (MD) has evolved into a ubiquitous, versatile and powerful
computational method for fundamental research in science branches such as biology …

Doped Mn enhanced NiS electrooxidation performance of HMF into FDCA at industrial‐level current density

S Li, S Wang, Y Wang, J He, K Li, Y Xu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Electrooxidation of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 2, 5‐furandicarboxylic acid
(FDCA) is a highly promising approach for producing value‐added chemicals from biomass …

Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Bio-based hyperbranched epoxy resins: synthesis and recycling

Y Jiang, J Li, D Li, Y Ma, S Zhou, Y Wang… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Epoxy resins (EPs), accounting for about 70% of the thermosetting resin market, have been
recognized as the most widely used thermosetting resins in the world. Nowadays, 90% of …

Towards negative emissions: Hydrothermal carbonization of biomass for sustainable carbon materials

S Yu, J He, Z Zhang, Z Sun, M **e, Y Xu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The contemporary production of carbon materials heavily relies on fossil fuels, contributing
significantly to the greenhouse effect. Biomass is a carbon‐neutral resource whose organic …

Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties

RM Cywar, NA Rorrer, CB Hoyt, GT Beckham… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Bio-based compounds with unique chemical functionality can be obtained through selective
transformations of plant and other non-fossil, biogenic feedstocks for the development of …

Selective electrooxidation of biomass‐derived alcohols to aldehydes in a neutral medium: promoted water dissociation over a nickel‐oxide‐supported ruthenium …

R Ge, Y Wang, Z Li, M Xu, SM Xu, H Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The biomass‐derived alcohol oxidation reaction (BDAOR) holds great promise for
sustainable production of chemicals. However, selective electrooxidation of alcohols to …