From renewable biomass to nanomaterials: does biomass origin matter?

VG Matveeva, LM Bronstein - Progress in Materials Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Fabrication of nanomaterials with a wealth of useful properties from renewable biomass
such as plants, sea creatures, biomass waste, etc. received considerable attention of the …

Sustainable production of active pharmaceutical ingredients from lignin-based benzoic acid derivatives via “demand orientation”

Y Dong, L Dong, X Gu, Y Wang, Y Liao, R Luque… - Green …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Research related to lignin valorization into fine chemicals is an extremely demanding task
due to the wide distribution and low economic value of depolymerization products. Benzoic …

Conversion of Kraft lignin to phenol monomers and liquid fuel over trimetallic catalyst W-Ni-Mo/sepiolite under supercritical ethanol

M Chen, J Shi, Y Wang, Z Tang, Z Yang, J Wang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Highly efficient conversion of lignin to value-added liquid fuel or phenol monomers has
attracted widespread attentions. The W-Ni-Mo/SEP trimetallic catalyst was firstly prepared …

Cascade utilization of crop straw through a FeCl3-mediated deep eutectic solvent biorefinery: Lignin-containing cellulose nanofibers flocculant fabrication followed by …

Y Chen, C Yang, J Hu, M Huang, L Zhao, J He… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current agriculture relies heavily on the input of fossil resource-based chemicals while
continuously generating crop straw residue and phosphorus-containing farmland drainage …

[HTML][HTML] Catalysis and chemistry of lignin depolymerization in alcohol solvents-A review

Y Sang, H Chen, M Khalifeh, Y Li - Catalysis Today, 2023 - Elsevier
The second-generation biofuel strategy aims to fully utilize lignocellulose, which is the major
component of the plant cell wall and the most abundant form of renewable organic …

Bimetallic polyoxometalates catalysts for efficient lignin depolymerization: Unlocking valuable aromatic compounds from renewable feedstock

Y Zhang, S Jia, X Wang, H Deng, W Xu, J Shi - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lignin, a complex and abundant polymer present in lignocellulosic biomass, holds immense
potential as a renewable source for the production of valuable aromatic compounds …

Catalytic depolymerization of lignin by metal and metal oxide: a review

Y Zhao, H Li, G Chen, H Huang, E Sun… - Environmental …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Lignin, with its rich reserves of phenolic compounds, holds great promise as a candidate for
renewable energy and valuable chemical production. However, the complex molecular …

Oxidative catalytic valorization of industrial lignin into phenolics: Effect of reaction parameters and metal oxides

A Kumar, B Biswas, R Kaur, S Rawat, BB Krishna… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Oxidative depolymerization of an industrial lignin was performed to study the effect of
various metal oxides in oxygen and air atmosphere. CeO 2 exhibited excellent catalytic …

Effect of microstructure-scale features on lignin fluorescence for preparation of high fluorescence efficiency lignin-based nanomaterials

Q Shen, Y Xue, Y Zhang, T Li, T Yang, S Li - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
As a natural fluorescent material, the practical application of lignin fluorescence was
hindered due to the low fluorescence quantum yield (QY). Inspired by its aggregation …

Valorization of industrial lignin as lubricating additives by C–C Bond Cleavage and doping heteroelement-rich groups

J Zhang, D Cao, S Wang, X Feng, J Zhu, X Lu… - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2022 - Elsevier
In this study, heteroelement-rich groups (N and B elements, tris (2-hydrazinylethyl) borate)
were successfully synthesised on lignin by microwave amination. The reaction between …