Furfural–a versatile, biomass-derived platform chemical for the production of renewable chemicals

A Jaswal, PP Singh, T Mondal - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
For years, fossil fuels have been the predominant feedstock for the production of chemicals,
resulting in their overexploitation and widespread environmental degradation, prompting a …

Catalytic conversion of biomass to biofuels

DM Alonso, JQ Bond, JA Dumesic - Green chemistry, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Biomass has received considerable attention as a sustainable feedstock that can replace
diminishing fossil fuels for the production of energy, especially for the transportation sector …

Furfural: A Promising Platform Compound for Sustainable Production of C4 and C5 Chemicals

X Li, P Jia, T Wang - ACS catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Furfural is a promising renewable platform compound derived from lignocellulosic biomass
that can be further converted to biofuels and biochemicals. The highly functionalized …

Catalytic reforming of oxygenates: state of the art and future prospects

D Li, X Li, J Gong - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
This Review describes recent advances in the design, synthesis, reactivity, selectivity,
structural, and electronic properties of the catalysts for reforming of a variety of oxygenates …

Tuning reactivity of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis by regulating TiOx overlayer over Ru/TiO2 nanocatalysts

Y Zhang, X Yang, X Yang, H Duan, H Qi, Y Su… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract The activity of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis (FTS) on metal-based nanocatalysts can
be greatly promoted by the support of reducible oxides, while the role of support remains …

Ru/TiO2 Catalysts with Size-Dependent Metal/Support Interaction for Tunable Reactivity in Fischer–Tropsch Synthesis

Y Zhang, X Su, L Li, H Qi, C Yang, W Liu, X Pan… - ACS …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The Ru/TiO2 catalyst serves as a representative metal/support interaction system with
tunable reactivity in catalytic processes. Herein, by varying the metal loadings of Ru from 0.5 …

Catalytic routes for the conversion of biomass into liquid hydrocarbon transportation fuels

JC Serrano-Ruiz, JA Dumesic - Energy & Environmental Science, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Concerns about diminishing fossil fuel reserves along with global warming effects caused by
increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere are driving society toward the search for new …

Integrated catalytic conversion of γ-valerolactone to liquid alkenes for transportation fuels

JQ Bond, DM Alonso, D Wang, RM West, JA Dumesic - Science, 2010 - science.org
Efficient synthesis of renewable fuels remains a challenging and important line of research.
We report a strategy by which aqueous solutions of γ-valerolactone (GVL), produced from …

Glycerol dehydration to acrolein in the context of new uses of glycerol

B Katryniok, S Paul, V Bellière-Baca, P Rey… - Green …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic dehydration of glycerol to acrolein has the potential to valorise the glut of crude
glycerol issuing from biodiesel production. This reaction requires catalysts with appropriate …

Catalytic conversion of renewable biomass resources to fuels and chemicals

JC Serrano-Ruiz, RM West… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Lignocellulosic biomass is renewable and cheap, and it has the potential to displace fossil
fuels in the production of fuels and chemicals. Biomass-derived carboxylic acids are …