Transformation of biomass to chemicals and fuels is a long-term goal in both science and
industry. However, high cost is one of the major obstacles to the industrialization of this …

Currently, there is a great interest in the development of sustainable and green technologies
for production of biofuels and chemicals. In this sense, much attention is being paid to …

Catalyst stability is one of the greatest challenges faced for the utilization of heterogeneous
catalysts in the development of biomass conversion to chemicals and fuels. As many …

It is important but challenging to develop non-noble metal catalysts with high activity and
selectivity for biomass conversion. The activation of C═ O bond is a crucial step in biomass …

A new strategy to transform non-noble metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) into highly active
and selective metallic NPs as hydrogenation catalysts by a simple carbon coating process …

The hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) to γ-valerolactone (GVL) is a common reaction that
is critical to biomass transformation. However, it is a great challenge to employ non-noble …

Levulinic acid (LA), which is considered a versatile biomass-derived molecular platform,
typically occupies a core position in the cellulosic biorefinery system. The heterogeneous …

A ternary base metal catalyst, which contained metallic Cu, oxygen deficiencies derived from
ZrO 2, and acidic Al 2 O 3, was constructed for the efficient synthesis of γ-valerolactone by …

A series of copper nanoparticles supported on manganese oxide octahedral molecular
sieves (OMS-2) were prepared using mechanochemical (Ball-Mill) and conventional wet …

A series of metal oxide and tungstophosphoric acid (TPA) supported on β-zeolite catalysts
were prepared and evaluated for the one pot selective conversion of furfural (FA) to γ …