Photorefinery of biomass and plastics to renewable chemicals using heterogeneous catalysts

S Feng, PTT Nguyen, X Ma… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The photocatalytic conversion of biomass and plastic waste provides opportunities for
sustainable fuel and chemical production. Heterogeneous photocatalysts, typically …

Striding the threshold of photocatalytic lignin-first biorefining via a bottom-up approach: from model compounds to realistic lignin

J Xu, P Zhou, C Zhang, L Yuan, X **ao, L Dai… - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Upgrading renewable lignocellulose into bulk chemicals and drop-in-fuels has been
identified as a state-of-the-art paradigm to fulfill alternative energy demands. Lignin, as the …

Multifunctional 3D MoSx/Zn3In2S6 nanoflower for selective photothermal-catalytic biomass oxidative and non-selective organic pollutants degradation

L **g, M **e, Y Xu, C Tong, H Zhao, N Zhong… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Herein, we report on a 3D MoS x/Zn 3 In 2 S 6 nanoflower for efficient photocatalytic
selective oxidation of benzyl alcohol (BA) to benzaldehyde (BAD)(100% conversion and …

CdS–SH/TiO2 Heterojunction Photocatalyst Significantly Improves Selectivity for C–O Bond Breaking in Lignin Models

S Xu, Q Gao, Z Hu, Y Lu, Y Qin, Y Li - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
The selective breaking of the Cβ–O bond has great potential for the conversion of lignin into
high-value aromatic monomers. In the present work, we designed a CdS–SH/TiO2 …

Defect engineering promoted photocatalysis for lignin depolymerization: performance and mechanism insight

D Dai, J Qiu, G **a, Y Tang, J Yao - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
Defect engineering has shown a pronounced promise in photocatalysis. In this study, ZIF-8-
NH2@ Bi/Bi2MoO6 with oxygen vacancies was elaborately developed for efficient Cβ–O …

Photoreforming for Lignin upgrading: a critical review

X Cheng, B Palma, H Zhao, H Zhang, J Wang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photoreforming of lignocellulosic biomass to simultaneously produce gas fuels and value‐
added chemicals has gradually emerged as a promising strategy to alleviate the fossil fuels …

Catalysts with metal-acid dual sites for selective hydrodeoxygenation of lignin derivatives: Progress in regulation strategies and applications

X Wang, Z Zhang, Z Yan, Q Li, Y Zhang - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2023 - Elsevier
Metal sites and acid sites in catalysts play an important role in promoting the
hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of lignin derivatives. Herein, the review first summarizes the …

Photocatalytic β-O-4 bond cleavage in lignin models and native lignin through CdS integration on titanium oxide photocatalyst under visible light irradiation

A Kumar, R Ghalta, R Bal, R Srivastava - Applied Catalysis B: Environment …, 2024 - Elsevier
Converting lignin, a key sustainable biopolymer, into valuable oxygen-containing
compounds is a significant challenge. To address such a challenge, photocatalytic self …

Synergistic effect of adsorption and photocatalysis of BiOBr/lignin-biochar composites with oxygen vacancies under visible light irradiation

Q Yang, X Li, Q Tian, A Pan, X Liu, H Yin, Y Shi… - Journal of Industrial and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Effective utilization solar energy through photocatalysis is an ideal way to solve
environmental problems and achieve sustainable development. Herein, a novel …

The contribution of microbial shikimic acid to humus formation during organic wastes composting: a review

Z Wei, Y Zhao, L Zhao, L Wang, J Wu - World Journal of Microbiology and …, 2023 - Springer
Microbial shikimic acid is an important intermediate metabolite in the synthesis of aromatic
amino acids which are precursors for forming humus during composting process. Generally …