Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

Biorefinery roadmap based on catalytic production and upgrading 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Q Hou, X Qi, M Zhen, H Qian, Y Nie, C Bai, S Zhang… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biorefineries, which utilize lignocellulosic biomass as renewable energy source and
sustainable carbon feedstock, are a promising solution to alleviate the excessive …

Continuous Flow Upgrading of Selected C2–C6 Platform Chemicals Derived from Biomass

R Gerardy, DP Debecker, J Estager, P Luis… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The ever increasing industrial production of commodity and specialty chemicals inexorably
depletes the finite primary fossil resources available on Earth. The forecast of population …

Advances in porous and nanoscale catalysts for viable biomass conversion

P Sudarsanam, E Peeters, EV Makshina… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous catalysis is a promising technology for the valorization of renewable
biomass to sustainable advanced fuels and fine chemicals. Porosity and nanostructure are …

Catalytic conversion of carbohydrates to initial platform chemicals: chemistry and sustainability

LT Mika, E Cséfalvay, Á Németh - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
The replacement of fossil resources that currently provide more than 90% of our energy
needs and feedstocks of the chemical industry in combination with reduced emission of …

Challenges and opportunities in multicatalysis

S Martínez, L Veth, B Lainer, P Dydio - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Multicatalysis is an emerging field targeting the development of efficient catalytic
transformations to quickly convert relatively simple starting materials into more complex …

Opportunities and challenges for combining chemo-and biocatalysis

F Rudroff, MD Mihovilovic, H Gröger, R Snajdrova… - Nature Catalysis, 2018 - nature.com
The past decade has seen a substantial increase in successful examples of the combination
of chemo-and biocatalysis for multistep syntheses. This is driven by obvious advantages …

Catalytic transformation of lignocellulose into chemicals and fuel products in ionic liquids

Z Zhang, J Song, B Han - Chemical reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Innovative valorization of naturally abundant and renewable lignocellulosic biomass is of
great importance in the pursuit of a sustainable future and biobased economy. Ionic liquids …

Carbon materials as catalyst supports and catalysts in the transformation of biomass to fuels and chemicals

E Lam, JHT Luong - ACS catalysis, 2014 - ACS Publications
Carbon plays a dual role as a catalyst or a catalyst support for chemical and enzymatic
biomass transformation reactions due to its large specific surface area, high porosity …

Orthogonal tandem catalysis

TL Lohr, TJ Marks - Nature chemistry, 2015 - nature.com
Tandem catalysis is a growing field that is beginning to yield important scientific and
technological advances toward new and more efficient catalytic processes.'One-pot'tandem …