Biofuel production, hydrogen production and water remediation by photocatalysis, biocatalysis and electrocatalysis

AI Osman, AM Elgarahy, AS Eltaweil… - Environmental …, 2023 - Springer
The energy crisis and environmental pollution have recently fostered research on efficient
methods such as environmental catalysis to produce biofuel and to clean water …

Global status of lignocellulosic biorefinery: Challenges and perspectives

N Singh, RR Singhania, PS Nigam, CD Dong… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The bioprocessing of lignocellulosic biomass to produce bio-based products under
biorefinery setup is gaining global attention. The economic viability of this biorefinery would …

Agricultural waste biorefinery development towards circular bioeconomy

MK Awasthi, R Sindhu, R Sirohi, V Kumar… - … and sustainable energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The concept of biorefinery depends on the recuperation of higher-value chemicals with
potential for a wide dissemination and an untapped marketability. To construct a clearer …

Discovery and mechanism-guided engineering of BHET hydrolases for improved PET recycling and upcycling

A Li, Y Sheng, H Cui, M Wang, L Wu, Y Song… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Although considerable research achievements have been made to address the plastic crisis
using enzymes, their applications are limited due to incomplete degradation and low …

Synthetic biology: bottom-up assembly of molecular systems

S Hirschi, TR Ward, WP Meier, DJ Müller… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The bottom-up assembly of biological and chemical components opens exciting
opportunities to engineer artificial vesicular systems for applications with previously unmet …

[HTML][HTML] Agro-industrial food waste as a low-cost substrate for sustainable production of industrial enzymes: a critical review

V Sharma, ML Tsai, P Nargotra, CW Chen, CH Kuo… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
The grave environmental, social, and economic concerns over the unprecedented
exploitation of non-renewable energy resources have drawn the attention of policy makers …

Industrial biotechnology based on enzymes from extreme environments

NM Mesbah - Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Biocatalysis is crucial for a green, sustainable, biobased economy, and this has driven major
advances in biotechnology and biocatalysis over the past 2 decades. There are numerous …

Strategies to enhance enzymatic hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for biorefinery applications: a review

JK Saini, A Kaur, A Mathur - Bioresource technology, 2022 - Elsevier
Global interest in lignocellulosic biorefineries has increased in the recent past due to
technological advancements in sustainable and cost-effective production of numerous …

Microbial lignocellulolytic enzymes for the effective valorization of lignocellulosic biomass: a review

P Nargotra, V Sharma, YC Lee, YH Tsai, YC Liu… - Catalysts, 2022 - mdpi.com
The urgent demand for alternative energy sources has been sparked by the tremendous
burden on fossil fuels and the resulting acute energy crisis and climate change issues …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in biotechnological valorization of agro-food wastes (AFW): optimizing integrated approaches for sustainable biorefinery and circular …

TPC Ezeorba, ES Okeke, MH Mayel… - Bioresource Technology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Achieving renewable clean energy to meet increasing global demand and counter
overreliance on depleting unsustainable sources has recently drawn significant research …