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 …

Advances in selective electrochemical oxidation of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural to produce high‐value chemicals

L Guo, X Zhang, L Gan, L Pan, C Shi… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The conversion of biomass is a favorable alternative to the fossil energy route to solve the
energy crisis and environmental pollution. As one of the most versatile platform compounds …

Advancements in transition bimetal catalysts for electrochemical 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) oxidation

Y Li, H Huang, M Jiang, W **, J Duan, M Ratova… - Journal of Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
The electrochemical oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) represents a significant
avenue for sustainable chemical synthesis, owing to its potential to generate high-value …

The significance of graphene based composite hydrogels as smart materials: A review on the fabrication, properties, and its applications

SSA Sharma, S Bashir, R Kasi, RT Subramaniam - FlatChem, 2022 - Elsevier
Hydrogels are unique three-dimensional cross-linked water insoluble stable network,
thereby, exhibiting a remarkable ability to absorb water and biological fluids. Currently …

[HTML][HTML] Catalyst design strategy toward the efficient heterogeneously-catalyzed selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

H Liu, X Tang, X Zeng, Y Sun, X Ke, T Li… - Green Energy & …, 2022 - Elsevier
The selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a versatile bio-based platform
molecule, leads to the formation of several intriguing and useful downstream chemicals …

Cellulose de-polymerization is selective for bioethanol refinery and multi-functional biochar assembly using brittle stalk of corn mutant

T Li, H Peng, B He, C Hu, H Zhang, Y Li, Y Yang… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
As lignocellulose recalcitrance principally restricts for a cost-effective conversion into
biofuels and bioproducts, this study re-selected the brittle stalk of corn mutant by MuDR …

Insights into the catalytic mechanism of V-Mo@ CN for the oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-diformylfuran

S Yang, T Sun, X Li, W Liao, J Bian, X Tang… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The efficient synthesis of 2, 5-diformylfuran (DFF) over non-noble metal catalysts
has been a significant challenge in biomass conversion strategies. Herein, a bimetallic V-Mo …

Toward value-added dicarboxylic acids from biomass derivatives via thermocatalytic conversion

Y Wan, JM Lee - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Dicarboxylic acids (DCAs) are highly value-added chemicals and intermediates extensively
applied in various fields of the chemical industry. Transformation of the renewable and …

Sustainable biomass hydrodeoxygenation in biphasic systems

H Wei, Z Wang, H Li - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass and its derivatives require upgrades to produce high-quality liquid fuels and bulk
chemicals by reducing their oxygen functionalities comparable to petroleum resources …

2D inorganic nanosheets as versatile building blocks for hybrid electrode materials for supercapacitor

TH Gu, NH Kwon, KG Lee, X **, SJ Hwang - Coordination Chemistry …, 2020 - Elsevier
Among many classes of nanostructured inorganic solids, two-dimensional (2D) inorganic
nanosheets (NSs) have attracted intense research activities because of their unique …