Formic acid, a biomass-derived source of energy and hydrogen for biomass upgrading

F Valentini, V Kozell, C Petrucci, A Marrocchi… - Energy & …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Formic acid is a main product from biomass-derived carbohydrates and is attracting ever
more attention as a sustainable hydrogen source, owing to its high volumetric hydrogen …

Towards sustainable production of formic acid

DA Bulushev, JRH Ross - ChemSusChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Formic acid is a widely used commodity chemical. It can be used as a safe, easily handled,
and transported source of hydrogen or carbon monoxide for different reactions, including …

Recent advances in catalytic transfer hydrogenation with formic acid over heterogeneous transition metal catalysts

R Nie, Y Tao, Y Nie, T Lu, J Wang, Y Zhang, X Lu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Transition-metal-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation with an in situ hydrogen donor has
received a great deal of attention from both academia and industry as an alternative to the …

Tunable Selectivity for Electrochemical CO2 Reduction by Bimetallic Cu–Sn Catalysts: Elucidating the Roles of Cu and Sn

M Zhang, Z Zhang, Z Zhao, H Huang, DH Anjum… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Production of formate or CO from electrochemical CO2 reduction reactions (eCO2RRs)
represents a promising way to utilize CO2 with future low-carbon electricity to produce value …

Catalytic upgrading of biomass model compounds: novel approaches and lessons learnt from traditional hydrodeoxygenation–a review

W Jin, L Pastor‐Pérez, DK Shen… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is a fundamental process for bio‐resources upgrading
to produce transportation fuels or added value chemicals. The bottleneck of this technology …

Conversion of levulinic acid and alkyl levulinates into biofuels and high-value chemicals

L Yan, Q Yao, Y Fu - Green Chemistry, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Levulinic acid (LA) is one of the most important biomass-derived platform molecules and can
be produced from both C5 and C6 carbohydrates via tandem dehydration and hydrolysis …

Role of metal support during ru-catalysed hydrodeoxygenation of biocrude oil

P Yan, J Mensah, M Drewery, E Kennedy… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of guaiacol (a lignin-derived species) and biocrude oil was
studied in a batch-type reactor operating at 4.0 MPa hydrogen over a series of Ru-based …

Kinetic model assessment for the synthesis of γ-valerolactone from n-butyl levulinate and levulinic acid hydrogenation over the synergy effect of dual catalysts Ru/C …

J Delgado, WNV Salcedo, G Bronzetti… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The production of platform molecules from the valorization of lignocellulosic biomass is
increasing. Among these plateform molecules, γ-valerolactone (GVL) is a promising one and …

Environmental catalysis: present and future

D Rodríguez‐Padrón, AR Puente‐Santiago… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental catalysis plays a crucial role in sustainable development by the design of
novel catalytic materials and technologies. Several environmental issues are addressed by …

Co embedded within biomass-derived mesoporous N-doped carbon as an acid-resistant and chemoselective catalyst for transfer hydrodeoxygenation of biomass with …

H Yang, R Nie, W Xia, X Yu, D Jin, X Lu, D Zhou… - Green …, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
An N-doped Co@ C catalyst (Co@ NC) is synthesized by a one-pot carbonization of
biomass-derived glucose and harmless melamine with CoCl2 as the catalyst, where C and …