Complex nanomaterials in catalysis for chemically significant applications: from synthesis and hydrocarbon processing to renewable energy applications

U Chadha, SK Selvaraj, H Ashokan… - … in Materials Science …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The world is rapidly changing, the resources are getting depleted, and the demand for
newer technologies and products is increasing. To keep up with these new advances, highly …

Single-atom catalysts for the upgrading of biomass-derived molecules: an overview of their preparation, properties and applications

SC Vasconcelos, L Marchini, CGS Lima… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of more efficient and greener catalytic strategies for the upgrading of
biomass to value-added chemicals is crucial to achieve a more sustainable future. In recent …

Taming the butterfly effect: modulating catalyst nanostructures for better selectivity control of the catalytic hydrogenation of biomass-derived furan platform chemicals

R Weng, X Lu, N Ji, A Fukuoka, A Shrotri, X Li… - Catalysis Science & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The metal-catalyzed hydrogenation of biomass-derived furan platform chemicals typically
represented by 5-hydroxymethylfurfural and furfural is a critical pathway for biomass …

Bayesian Statistics to Elucidate the Kinetics of γ-Valerolactone from n-Butyl Levulinate Hydrogenation over Ru/C

S Capecci, Y Wang, J Delgado… - Industrial & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The synthesis of γ-valerolactone (GVL), a platform molecule that can be produced from
lignocellulosic biomass, was performed in this work by hydrogenation of an alkyl levulinate …

[HTML][HTML] The transition to sustainable combustion: Hydrogen-and carbon-based future fuels and methods for dealing with their challenges

H Pitsch - Proceedings of the Combustion Institute, 2024 - Elsevier
While the world is already facing substantial impacts of global warming, the transition
towards a sustainable-energy future is slow because of the sheer scale of global energy …

Steps towards sustainable solid phase peptide synthesis: use and recovery of N-octyl pyrrolidone

G Martelli, P Cantelmi, A Tolomelli, D Corbisiero… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The investigation of new green biogenic pyrrolidinones as alternative solvents to N, N-
dimethylformamide (DMF) for solid phase peptide synthesis (SPPS) led to the identification …

Catalytic Reductive Alcohol Etherifications with Carbonyl‐Based Compounds or CO2 and Related Transformations for the Synthesis of Ether Derivatives

C Lluna‐Galán, L Izquierdo‐Aranda, R Adam… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Ether derivatives have myriad applications in several areas of chemical industry and
academia. Hence, the development of more effective and sustainable protocols for their …

High-Efficient Conversion of Cellulose to Levulinic Acid Catalyzed via Functional Brønsted–Lewis Acidic Ionic Liquids: Conversion of Cellulose to Levulinic Acid via …

X Cheng, Y Liu, K Wang, H Yu, S Yu, S Liu - Catalysis Letters, 2022 - Springer
Levulinic acid (LA) is considered as an important intermediate for production of chemicals,
resins, polymers, and fuel additives. Herein, five Brønsted–Lewis acidic ionic liquids (ILs) …

Chemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass into platform chemicals for fuels and polymers

C Chang, H Wu, S Zhao, X Zhao, Q Ma, P Li, G Xu - Advances in Bioenergy, 2023 - Elsevier
As the most abundant biomass on the Earth, lignocellulosic biomass (LCB) has long been
recognized as an alternative feedstock for the synthesis of fuels and polymers. The …

Versatile functionalized mesoporous Zr/SBA-15 for catalytic transfer hydrogenation and oxidation reactions

S Ostovar, H Saravani, D Rodríguez-Padrón - Renewable Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Through this work, a family of sulfonamide functionalized mesoporous materials as
sustainable heterogeneous catalysts has been successfully synthesized by employing …