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 …

Pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass: A review on recent advances

AR Mankar, A Pandey, A Modak, KK Pant - Bioresource Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
Depleting fossil reserves and growing energy needs have raised the demand for an
alternative and clean energy source. The use of ubiquitously available lignocellulosic …

Deep eutectic solvents: A review of fundamentals and applications

BB Hansen, S Spittle, B Chen, D Poe, Y Zhang… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Deep eutectic solvents (DESs) are an emerging class of mixtures characterized by
significant depressions in melting points compared to those of the neat constituent …

Starch, cellulose, pectin, gum, alginate, chitin and chitosan derived (nano) materials for sustainable water treatment: A review

M Nasrollahzadeh, M Sajjadi, S Iravani… - Carbohydrate polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Natural biopolymers, polymeric organic molecules produced by living organisms and/or
renewable resources, are considered greener, sustainable, and eco-friendly materials …

Exploring agricultural waste biomass for energy, food and feed production and pollution mitigation: A review

S Babu, SS Rathore, R Singh, S Kumar, VK Singh… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Globally agricultural production system generates a huge amount of solid waste. Improper
agri-waste management causes environmental pollution which resulted in economic losses …

Review on biomass feedstocks, pyrolysis mechanism and physicochemical properties of biochar: State-of-the-art framework to speed up vision of circular bioeconomy

GS Ghodake, SK Shinde, AA Kadam… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2021 - Elsevier
The biochar is a solid carbon-rich, porous material produced by the thermochemical
conversion of a diverse range of biomass feedstocks under an inert atmosphere (ie, in the …

Recent advances in biomass pretreatment using biphasic solvent systems

R Li, Y Zheng, X Zhao, Q Yong, X Meng… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The complexity and recalcitrance of lignocellulosic biomass seriously hinder its subsequent
conversion to liquid fuels. To achieve high-value utilization of lignocellulosic biomass, the …

Current perspective on pretreatment technologies using lignocellulosic biomass: An emerging biorefinery concept

B Kumar, N Bhardwaj, K Agrawal, V Chaturvedi… - Fuel processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
A critical factor which controls the socio-economic development of any nation is “energy”.
With depleting fossil fuels, there is a shift in focus to lignocellulosic biorefinery. The review …

Exploitation of lignocellulosic-based biomass biorefinery: a critical review of renewable bioresource, sustainability and economic views

Z Chen, L Chen, KS Khoo, VK Gupta, M Sharma… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization has driven the demand for fossil fuels, however, its overly exploited resource
has caused severe damage on environmental pollution. Biorefining using abundant …

Biomass-based biorefineries: an important architype towards a circular economy

B Kumar, P Verma - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Fossil based resources are a major contributor to energy and chemicals to modern-day
development. The negative environmental impacts of fossil-based resources accompanied …