Biomass photoreforming for hydrogen and value‐added chemicals co‐production on hierarchically porous photocatalysts

H Zhao, J Liu, N Zhong, S Larter, Y Li… - Advanced Energy …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomass, a naturally abundant, sustainable and clean resource has great potential as an
alternative to replace the limited fossil feedstock for value‐added chemicals and fuels …

Photoreforming lignocellulosic biomass for hydrogen production: Optimized design of photocatalyst and photocatalytic system

C Shi, F Kang, Y Zhu, M Teng, J Shi, H Qi… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Using renewable solar energy for clean hydrogen (H 2) fuel production via photocatalysis is
a promising low carbon intensity strategy to address the energy crisis and environmental …

Potassium and Sulfur Dual Sites on Highly Crystalline Carbon Nitride for Photocatalytic Biorefinery and CO2 Reduction

Z Liu, J Ma, M Hong, R Sun - ACS Catalysis, 2023 - ACS Publications
The co-production of high-value-added chemicals and fuels by coupling biomass
photooxidation with carbon dioxide (CO2) photoreduction has attracted wide interest …

[HTML][HTML] Single-atom zinc catalyst for co-production of hydrogen and fine chemicals in soluble biomass solution

J Ma, X Li, Y Li, G Jiao, H Su, D Xiao, S Zhai… - Advanced Powder …, 2022 - Elsevier
Single-atom photocatalysts (SAPCs) have attracted great interests due to their remarkable
atom utilization efficiency, excellent activity, and selectivity, yet no application in …

Nanocellulose‐assisted molecularly engineering of nitrogen deficient graphitic carbon nitride for selective biomass photo‐oxidation

R Zou, Z Chen, L Zhong, W Yang, T Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Structural modulation of graphitic carbon nitride (g‐C3N4) remains a major challenge in
rational catalyst design for artificial photosynthesis of valuable chemicals. Herein, a …

Phosphorus/oxygen co-doping in hollow-tube-shaped carbon nitride for efficient simultaneous visible-light-driven water splitting and biorefinery

K Liu, J Ma, X Yang, Z Liu, X Li, J Zhang, R Cui… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
The integration of photocatalytic biorefinery and water-splitting to hydrogen in one system is
promising, yet limited success has been achieved. Herein, a spiral-tube-shaped carbon …

Reasonable regulation of carbon/nitride ratio in carbon nitride for efficient photocatalytic reforming of biomass-derived feedstocks to lactic acid

J Ma, Y Li, D Jin, X Yang, G Jiao, K Liu, S Sun… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Photocatalysis provides a promising opportunity for selective oxidation of biomass to high-
value chemicals under mild conditions. The key to realize this transformation is to design a …

K/O co-doping and introduction of cyano groups in polymeric carbon nitride towards efficient simultaneous solar photocatalytic water splitting and biorefineries

X Yang, J Ma, S Sun, Z Liu, R Sun - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The simultaneous production of hydrogen and biomass-based chemicals from biomass-
derived feedstock aqueous solutions via photocatalysis is appealing because no additional …

Polymeric carbon nitride-based photocatalysts for photoreforming of biomass derivatives

J Wang, P Kumar, H Zhao, MG Kibria, J Hu - Green Chemistry, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Photoreforming of biomass to value-added chemicals and fuels is a chemical approach to
extract photosynthetically-trapped energy in complex biomolecules which otherwise …

Solar-driven glucose isomerization into fructose via transient lewis acid–base active sites

J Wang, H Zhao, B Zhu, S Larter, S Cao, J Yu… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The selective glucose isomerization to fructose is an essential step for various industrial
biofuels and biochemicals production. However, current biological and acid–base catalysis …