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 …

Influences of feedstock sources and pyrolysis temperature on the properties of biochar and functionality as adsorbents: A meta-analysis

M Hassan, Y Liu, R Naidu, SJ Parikh, J Du, F Qi… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar is a porous, amorphous, stable, and low-density carbon material derived from the
carbonization of various biological residues. Biochars have multifunctional properties that …

Lignocellulose biomass pyrolysis for bio-oil production: A review of biomass pre-treatment methods for production of drop-in fuels

R Kumar, V Strezov, H Weldekidan, J He… - … and sustainable energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
Bio-oil upgrading can be achieved mainly via three types of methods that are biomass pre-
treatment, catalytic upgrading and downstream bio-oil upgrading. The article aim is to review …

Polymer-derived heteroatom-doped porous carbon materials

H Wang, Y Shao, S Mei, Y Lu, M Zhang, J Sun… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Heteroatom-doped porous carbon materials (HPCMs) have found extensive applications in
adsorption/separation, organic catalysis, sensing, and energy conversion/storage. The …

Wildfire and prescribed burning impacts on air quality in the United States

DA Jaffe, SM O'Neill, NK Larkin, AL Holder… - Journal of the Air & …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Air quality impacts from wildfires have been dramatic in recent years, with millions of people
exposed to elevated and sometimes hazardous fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) …

Latest trends in heavy metal removal from wastewater by biochar based sorbents

S Gupta, S Sireesha, I Sreedhar, CM Patel… - Journal of Water Process …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar, a solid carbon-rich residue is derived from wide variety of abundantly available raw
materials like forest and agricultural waste, industrial by products and waste, and municipal …

[HTML][HTML] Biochar based catalysts for the abatement of emerging pollutants: a review

T Do Minh, J Song, A Deb, L Cha, V Srivastava… - Chemical Engineering …, 2020 - Elsevier
Biochar has emerged as a new class of biomass-derived functional materials that can be
obtained using a plethora of thermochemical conversion techniques. Biochar-based …

Catalytic conversion of coal and biomass volatiles: a review

XY Ren, XB Feng, JP Cao, W Tang, ZH Wang… - Energy & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
This paper presents a review of recent research on direct upgrading of coal/biomass
volatiles into aromatics by catalytic pyrolysis and syngas by gasification with catalytic steam …

Sawdust pyrolysis from the furniture industry in an auger pyrolysis reactor system for biochar and bio-oil production

A Ahmed, MSA Bakar, RS Sukri, M Hussain… - Energy Conversion and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study investigated the potential of sawdust from the processing of Acacia wood for the
furniture making industry to produce bio-oil and biochar in an auger pyrolysis reactor …

Sustainable production of value-added carbon nanomaterials from biomass pyrolysis

S Zhang, SF Jiang, BC Huang, XC Shen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The production of renewable energy and chemicals from biomass can be performed
sustainably using pyrolysis, but the production costs associated with biomass pyrolysis …