Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

LD Ellis, NA Rorrer, KP Sullivan, M Otto… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Plastics pollution is causing an environmental crisis, prompting the development of new
approaches for recycling, and upcycling. Here, we review challenges and opportunities in …

Recent advances in lignocellulosic biomass for biofuels and value-added bioproducts-A critical review

V Ashokkumar, R Venkatkarthick, S Jayashree… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is a highly renewable, economical, and carbon–neutral feedstock
containing sugar-rich moieties that can be processed to produce second-generation biofuels …

Microbial production of advanced biofuels

J Keasling, H Garcia Martin, TS Lee… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Concerns over climate change have necessitated a rethinking of our transportation
infrastructure. One possible alternative to carbon-polluting fossil fuels is biofuels produced …

Toward low-cost biological and hybrid biological/catalytic conversion of cellulosic biomass to fuels

LR Lynd, GT Beckham, AM Guss… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Develo** economically viable, scalable, and sustainable technologies for the conversion
of lignocellulosic polysaccharides to liquid fuels is widely seen as a centerpiece of the …

Techno-economic, life-cycle, and socioeconomic impact analysis of enzymatic recycling of poly (ethylene terephthalate)

A Singh, NA Rorrer, SR Nicholson, E Erickson… - Joule, 2021 - cell.com
Esterases have emerged as important biocatalysts for enzyme-based polyester recycling of
poly (ethylene terephthalate)(PET) to terephthalic acid (TPA) and ethylene glycol (EG). Here …

Review of supported metal nanoparticles: synthesis methodologies, advantages and application as catalysts

MJ Ndolomingo, N Bingwa, R Meijboom - Journal of Materials Science, 2020 - Springer
Supported metal nanoparticles, M-NPs, are of great scientific and economic interest as they
encompass application in chemical manufacturing, oil refining and environmental catalysis …

Renewable biohydrogen production from lignocellulosic biomass using fermentation and integration of systems with other energy generation technologies

SK Bhatia, SS Jagtap, AA Bedekar, RK Bhatia… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biohydrogen is a clean and renewable source of energy. It can be produced by using
technologies such as thermochemical, electrolysis, photoelectrochemical and biological, etc …

Refining biomass residues for sustainable energy and bio-products: An assessment of technology, its importance, and strategic applications in circular bio-economy

MK Awasthi, S Sarsaiya, A Patel, A Juneja… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
In the circular bio-economy, effective biomass valorization through the strategic use of
resources is essential in terms of generating valuable products, sustainable development …

Design principles for intrinsically circular polymers with tunable properties

C Shi, LT Reilly, VSP Kumar, MW Coile, SR Nicholson… - Chem, 2021 - cell.com
This perspective discusses a set of design principles for next-generation kinetically trapped,
intrinsically circular polymers (iCPs) that are inherently, selectively, and expediently …

Lipid production in Nannochloropsis gaditana is doubled by decreasing expression of a single transcriptional regulator

I Ajjawi, J Verruto, M Aqui, LB Soriaga… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Lipid production in the industrial microalga Nannochloropsis gaditana exceeds that of model
algal species and can be maximized by nutrient starvation in batch culture. However …