In the search of alternative resources to make commodity chemicals and transportation fuels
for a low carbon future, lignocellulosic biomass with over 180-billion-ton annual production …

Green carbon science is defined as the “study and optimization of the transformation of
carbon‐containing compounds and the relevant processes involved in the entire carbon …

Molecular oxygen as a green, non-toxic and inexpensive oxidant has displayed lots of
advantages compared with other oxidants towards more selective, sustainable, and …

Selective cleavage of C–C linkages is the key and a challenge for lignin degradation to
harvest value-added aromatic compounds. To this end, electrocatalytic oxidation presents a …

Oxidative cleavage of C (OH)− C bonds to afford carboxylates is of significant importance for
the petrochemical industry and biomass valorization. Here we report an efficient …

Main observation and conclusion While polystyrene is widely used in daily life as a synthetic
plastic, the subsequently selective degradation is still very challenging and highly required …

Efficient degradation of plastics, the vital challenge for a sustainable future, stands in need of
better chemical recycling procedures that help produce commercially valuable small …

The development of green and sustainable methods for the conversion of aldehydes to
carboxylic acids is of high academic and industrial interest. We demonstrate herein a …

Conspectus In recent years, significant efforts have been directed toward achieving efficient
and mild lignocellulosic biomass conversion into valuable chemicals and fuels, aiming to …

Oxidation reactions provide a wide range of important chemicals in industry; however, most
of these chemicals are produced from fossil feedstocks. As a candidate of oxygen evolution …