Hydrogenation of carboxylic acids, esters, and related compounds over heterogeneous catalysts: a step toward sustainable and carbon-neutral processes

R Qu, K Junge, M Beller - Chemical Reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
The catalytic hydrogenation of esters and carboxylic acids represents a fundamental and
important class of organic transformations, which is widely applied in energy, environmental …

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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Implicit self-consistent electrolyte model in plane-wave density-functional theory

K Mathew, VS Kolluru, S Mula, SN Steinmann… - The Journal of …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The ab initio computational treatment of electrochemical systems requires an appropriate
treatment of the solid/liquid interfaces. A fully quantum mechanical treatment of the interface …

Hydrotreatment of pyrolysis bio-oil: A review

Y Han, M Gholizadeh, CC Tran, S Kaliaguine… - Fuel processing …, 2019 - Elsevier
Fast pyrolysis converts> 60 wt% of lignocellulosic materials into bio-oil. The two-step bio-oil
hydrotreatment concept has had a major impact in the development of bio-oil hydro …

Alkali ions secure hydrides for catalytic hydrogenation

R Qin, L Zhou, P Liu, Y Gong, K Liu, C Xu, Y Zhao… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Catalytic hydrogenation is one of the backbones of the chemical industry. Controlling the
reaction behaviour of the activated hydrogen species over oxide-supported metal catalysts …

Improving hydrothermal stability of supported metal catalysts for biomass conversions: a review

J Huo, JP Tessonnier, BH Shanks - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
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 …

Theory-guided materials design: two-dimensional MXenes in electro-and photocatalysis

AD Handoko, SN Steinmann, ZW Seh - Nanoscale Horizons, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides (MXenes) have made a significant
impact on sustainable energy research in the fields of energy storage and conversion …

Reactions in water involving the “On‐Water” mechanism

T Kitanosono, S Kobayashi - Chemistry–A European Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Ever‐evolving catalyst advances in synthetic protocols using water as a reaction medium
have enriched the understanding of sustainable organic chemistry. Because conventional …

Heterogeneously Catalyzed Hydrothermal Processing of C5–C6 Sugars

X Zhang, K Wilson, AF Lee - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Biomass has been long exploited as an anthropogenic energy source; however, the 21st
century challenges of energy security and climate change are driving resurgence in its …