Role of biocatalysis in sustainable chemistry

RA Sheldon, JM Woodley - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Based on the principles and metrics of green chemistry and sustainable development,
biocatalysis is both a green and sustainable technology. This is largely a result of the …

Sustainable environmental management and related biofuel technologies

S Sharma, A Kundu, S Basu, NP Shetti… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Environmental sustainability criteria and rising energy demands, exhaustion of conventional
resources of energy followed by environmental degradation due to abrupt climate changes …

Challenges and perspectives on innovative technologies for biofuel production and sustainable environmental management

S Khan, M Naushad, J Iqbal, C Bathula, H Ala'a - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Specifically, human activities, such as those in industry and transportation, have resulted in
an increase in the demand for fossil fuels, resulting in severe environmental problems …

Catalytic conversion of biomass into chemicals and fuels over magnetic catalysts

B Liu, Z Zhang - Acs Catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Biomass has emerged as a potential alternative to the dwindling fossil fuel reserves.
Catalytic conversion of biomass has become the main route for the transformation of …

Synthesis of magnetic gold mesoporous silica nanoparticles core shell for cellulase enzyme immobilization: improvement of enzymatic activity and thermal stability

E Poorakbar, A Shafiee, AA Saboury, BL Rad… - Process …, 2018 - Elsevier
Magnetic gold mesoporous silica nanoparticle core shells (mAu@ PSNs) were fabricated as
a support and their size, morphology and structure was further characterized by X-Ray …

The road to biorenewables: carbohydrates to commodity chemicals

RA Sheldon - ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018 - ACS Publications
The pressing need for climate change mitigation has focused attention on reducing global
emissions of carbon dioxide by effectuating the transition from fossil-based chemicals …

Lignocellulosic ethanol: technology design and its impact on process efficiency

L Paulova, P Patakova, B Branska, M Rychtera… - Biotechnology …, 2015 - Elsevier
This review provides current information on the production of ethanol from lignocellulosic
biomass, with the main focus on relationships between process design and efficiency …

Magnetic graphene oxide as a platform for the immobilization of cellulases and xylanases: Ultrastructural characterization and assessment of lignocellulosic biomass …

FR Paz-Cedeno, JM Carceller, S Iborra, RK Donato… - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
For producing second-generation ethanol (cellulosic ethanol) and other value-added
bioproducts, magnetic graphene oxide (GO-MNP) was synthesized in this work and used as …

Covalent immobilization of cellulase using magnetic poly (ionic liquid) support: improvement of the enzyme activity and stability

SH Hosseini, SA Hosseini, N Zohreh… - Journal of agricultural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
A magnetic nanocomposite was prepared by entrapment of Fe3O4 nanoparticles into the
cross-linked ionic liquid/epoxy type polymer. The resulting support was used for covalent …

Immobilization of cellulase on a core-shell structured metal-organic framework composites: Better inhibitors tolerance and easier recycling

B Qi, J Luo, Y Wan - Bioresource technology, 2018 - Elsevier
For the first time, cellulase was successfully immobilized on a magnetic core-shell metal-
organic framework (MOF) material, UIO-66-NH 2. The as-prepared immobilized cellulase …