Earth-abundant photoelectrodes for water splitting and alternate oxidation reactions: Recent advances and future perspectives

MP Suryawanshi, UV Ghorpade, CY Toe… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar water splitting by means of photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells offers the promise to
produce cost-effective renewable and clean fuel from abundant sunlight and water. Lately …

A comprehensive review on microbial production of 1, 2-propanediol: Micro-organisms, metabolic pathways, and metabolic engineering

Y Tao, C Bu, L Zou, Y Hu, ZJ Zheng, J Ouyang - Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2021 - Springer
Propanediol is an important building block as a component used in the manufacture of
unsaturated polyester resin, antifreeze, biofuel, nonionic detergent, etc. Commercial …

Selective Photoelectrocatalytic Glycerol Oxidation to Dihydroxyacetone via Enhanced Middle Hydroxyl Adsorption over a Bi2O3-Incorporated Catalyst

L Luo, W Chen, SM Xu, J Yang, M Li… - Journal of the …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Photoelectrocatalytic (PEC) glycerol oxidation offers a sustainable approach to produce
dihydroxyacetone (DHA) as a valuable chemical, which can find use in cosmetic …

Selective photoelectrochemical oxidation of glycerol to high value-added dihydroxyacetone

D Liu, JC Liu, W Cai, J Ma, HB Yang, H Xiao… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
It is highly profitable to transform glycerol–the main by-product from biodiesel production to
high value-added chemicals. In this work, we develop a photoelectrochemical system based …

Solar-driven highly selective conversion of glycerol to dihydroxyacetone using surface atom engineered BiVO4 photoanodes

Y Lu, BG Lee, C Lin, TK Liu, Z Wang, J Miao… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Dihydroxyacetone is the most desired product in glycerol oxidation reaction because of its
highest added value and large market demand among all possible oxidation products …

Recent advances in heterogeneous photo‐driven oxidation of organic molecules by reactive oxygen species

L Luo, T Zhang, M Wang, R Yun, X Xiang - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The photo‐driven oxidation of organic molecules into corresponding high‐value‐added
products has become a promising method in chemical synthesis. This strategy can drive …

Sacrifice and valorization of biomass to realize energy exploitation and transformation in a photoelectrochemical way

D Tang, J Liu, X Zhang, L Chen, L Ma, Q Zhang - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoelectrochemistry (PEC) transfers photoexcited electrons from a photocatalyst to a
cathode through a wire, to avoid, to a considerable extent, the recombination of charge …

[HTML][HTML] Review on enzymatic synthesis of value added products of glycerol, a by-product derived from biodiesel production

J Pradima, MR Kulkarni - Resource-Efficient Technologies, 2017 - Elsevier
Crude glycerol is produced as a by-product from biodiesel production via trans-esterification
with methanol and this process accounts for 10%(w/w) of the total biodiesel produced …

Organic Upgrading through Photoelectrochemical Reactions: Toward Higher Profits

TK Liu, GY Jang, S Kim, K Zhang, X Zheng… - Small …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous photoelectrochemical (PEC) cells have long been considered a promising
technology to convert solar energy into hydrogen. However, the solar‐to‐H2 (STH) efficiency …

Biodiesel production integrated with glycerol steam reforming process, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) power plant

M Mehrpooya, B Ghorbani, H Abedi - Energy Conversion and Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Process of biodiesel production integrated with glycerol steam reforming process, solid
oxide fuel cell power plant, and also the organic Rankine cycle for the simultaneous …