Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

A unified view on catalytic conversion of biomass and waste plastics

K Lee, Y Jing, Y Wang, N Yan - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Originating from the desire to improve sustainability, producing fuels and chemicals from the
conversion of biomass and waste plastic has become an important research topic in the …

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 …

Photocatalytic conversion of plastic waste: from photodegradation to photosynthesis

S Chu, B Zhang, X Zhao, HS Soo… - Advanced Energy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Plastic waste remains a global challenge due to the massive amounts being produced
without satisfactory treatment technologies for recycling and upcycling. Photocatalytic …

ZnIn2S4‐Based Photocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications

R Yang, L Mei, Y Fan, Q Zhang, R Zhu, R Amal… - Small …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As a fascinating visible‐light‐responsive photocatalyst, zinc indium sulfide (ZnIn2S4) has
attracted extensive interdisciplinary interest and is expected to become a new research …

Exploitation of lignocellulosic-based biomass biorefinery: a critical review of renewable bioresource, sustainability and economic views

Z Chen, L Chen, KS Khoo, VK Gupta, M Sharma… - Biotechnology …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urbanization has driven the demand for fossil fuels, however, its overly exploited resource
has caused severe damage on environmental pollution. Biorefining using abundant …

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 …

Biomass photoreforming for hydrogen and value‐added chemicals co‐production on hierarchically porous photocatalysts

H Zhao, J Liu, N Zhong, S Larter, Y Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass, a naturally abundant, sustainable and clean resource has great potential as an
alternative to replace the limited fossil feedstock for value‐added chemicals and fuels …

Heterogeneous photocatalytic conversion of biomass to biofuels: A review

X Liu, Z Chen, S Lu, B Xu, D Cheng, W Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biofuels derived from abundant biomass are promising alternatives to fossil fuels, which are
considered to be green, renewable, and sustainable. Great efforts have been made to …

Radical generation and fate control for photocatalytic biomass conversion

Z Huang, N Luo, C Zhang, F Wang - Nature Reviews Chemistry, 2022 - nature.com
Photocatalysis is an emerging approach for sustainable chemical production from
renewable biomass under mild conditions. Active radicals are always generated as key …