Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

Lignin derived carbon materials: current status and future trends

W Zhang, X Qiu, C Wang, L Zhong, F Fu, J Zhu… - Carbon Research, 2022 - Springer
Develo** novel techniques to convert lignin into sustainable chemicals and functional
materials is a critical route toward the high-value utilization of lignocellulosic biomass. Lignin …

Radical‐mediated photocatalysis for lignocellulosic biomass conversion into value‐added chemicals and hydrogen: Facts, opportunities and challenges

D Aboagye, R Djellabi, F Medina… - Angewandte …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic biomass conversion into high‐value chemicals and fuels is considered one of
the hottest ongoing research and industrial topics toward sustainable development. In short …

Photocatalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to valuable products

X Liu, X Duan, W Wei, S Wang, BJ Ni - Green chemistry, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass is a naturally abundant, sustainable and clean resource, which has potential to
replace a portion of the finite petroleum and fossil feedstock for sustainable production of …

Combined catalysis for engineering bioinspired, lignin-based, long-lasting, adhesive, self-mending, antimicrobial hydrogels

S Afewerki, X Wang, GU Ruiz-Esparza, CW Tai… - Acs Nano, 2020 - ACS Publications
The engineering of multifunctional biomaterials using a facile sustainable methodology that
follows the principles of green chemistry is still largely unexplored but would be very …

Combined conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into high-value products with ultrasonic cavitation and photocatalytic produced reactive oxygen species–A review

R Djellabi, D Aboagye, MG Galloni, VV Andhalkar… - Bioresource …, 2023 - Elsevier
The production of high-value products from lignocellulosic biomass is carried out through
the selective scission of crosslinked Csingle bondC/Csingle bond O bonds. Nowadays …

Hydrogenolysis of lignin-derived aromatic ethers over heterogeneous catalysts

A Shivhare, D Jampaiah, SK Bhargava… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Global temperature has risen> 1° C since the preindustrial era, resulting in well-documented
adverse climate impacts including extreme weather (floods, droughts, storms, and heat …

Thermo‐photocatalysis: environmental and energy applications

V Nair, MJ Muñoz‐Batista… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Catalysis is an integral part of a majority of chemical operations focused on the generation of
value‐added chemicals or fuels. Similarly, the extensive use of fossil‐derived fuels and …

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 …

TiO2/Lignin-Based Carbon Composited Photocatalysts for Enhanced Photocatalytic Conversion of Lignin to High Value Chemicals

N Srisasiwimon, S Chuangchote… - ACS Sustainable …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Upgrading of biomass wastes to be value-added materials has been attempted to apply in
various applications. One of the interesting challenges is the effort to utilize biomass wastes …