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 …

Radical generation and fate control for photocatalytic biomass conversion

Z Huang, N Luo, C Zhang, F Wang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Photocatalysis is an emerging approach for sustainable chemical production from
renewable biomass under mild conditions. Active radicals are always generated as key …

Photocatalytic transformations of lignocellulosic biomass into chemicals

X Wu, N Luo, S Xie, H Zhang, Q Zhang… - Chemical Society …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
As the largest renewable carbon resource, lignocellulosic biomass has great potential to
replace fossil resources for the production of high-value chemicals, in particular organic …

Progress and outlook of solar-powered biomass for biorefineries: A minireview

R Paul, P Kalita, BM Wong, J Mondal - Energy & Fuels, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photocatalysis is an innovative approach for producing sustainable chemicals from
renewable biomass feedstock under benign conditions. Active radical intermediates are key …

Conversion of lignin models by photoredox catalysis

J Zhang - ChemSusChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
One prominent goal of 21st century research is to develop a sustainable carbon‐neutral
biorefinery. Lignin is an important component of lignocellulosic biomass; however, it is …

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 …

Visible-light-driven selective cleavage of CC bonds in lignin model substrates using carbon nitride-supported ruthenium single-atom catalyst

J Deng, C Zhou, Y Yang, B Nan, L Dong, L Cai… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The selective cleavage of the Csingle bondC bonds in lignin is highly pursued to obtain
aromatic monomers from renewable resources but remains challenging due to their high …

Bioinspired Supercharging of Photoredox Catalysis for Applications in Energy and Chemical Manufacturing

A Millet, PT Cesana, K Sedillo, MJ Bird… - Accounts of chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus For more than a decade, photoredox catalysis has been demonstrating that
when photoactive catalysts are irradiated with visible light, reactions occur under milder …

Mechanism insight into photocatalytic conversion of lignin for valuable chemicals and fuels production: A state-of-the-art review

H Chen, K Wan, F Zheng, Z Zhang, Y Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
The depletion of traditional fossil fuel reserves and ever-increasing environmental problems
have prompted the demand for the exploration of renewable resources. Lignin is an earth …

Enhancing photocatalytic β-O-4 bond cleavage in lignin model compounds by silver-exchanged cadmium sulfide

H Yoo, MW Lee, S Lee, J Lee, S Cho, H Lee… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photocatalytic conversion of lignocellulose to valuable aromatics has significant potential for
applications in biorefineries. The photocatalyst efficiency of lignocellulose conversion is …