In the search of alternative resources to make commodity chemicals and transportation fuels
for a low carbon future, lignocellulosic biomass with over 180-billion-ton annual production …

The development of efficient catalysts to break down and convert woody biomass will be a
paradigm shift in delivering the global target of sustainable economy and environment via …

Low-cost and efficient oxygen reduction reaction (ORR)/oxygen evolution reaction (OER)
bifunctional electrocatalysts are vital for the applications of rechargeable Zn–air batteries …

Polyoxometalates (POMs) are composed of cations and polyanion clusters 1 with structural
diversity, in which the oxometal polyhedra of MOx (x= 5, 6) are the basic construction units …

Metal–oxo clusters hold great potential in several fields such as catalysis, materials science,
energy storage, medicine, and biotechnology. These nanoclusters of transition metals with …

Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant and bio-renewable resource with great
potential for sustainable production of chemicals and fuels. This critical review provides …

As the main component of lignocelluloses, cellulose is a biopolymer consisting of many
glucose units connected through β-1, 4-glycosidic bonds. Breakage of the β-1, 4-glycosidic …

Lignocellulose is the most abundant non-food biomass and is used as a feedstock for the
production of chemicals. Lignocellulose consists of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin, in …

Biomass conversion to value-added chemicals and fuels over heterogeneous catalysts is
one of the top issues in green chemistry. This review focuses on recent advances in the …

Mono-functional catalytic materials are used for many types of chemical transformations, but
are tedious for delivering products from multiple-step reactions required for the valorization …