Biomass and its derivatives require upgrades to produce high-quality liquid fuels and bulk
chemicals by reducing their oxygen functionalities comparable to petroleum resources …

Rapid urbanization is increasing the world's energy demand, making it necessary to develop
alternative energy sources. These growing energy needs can be met by the efficient energy …

Cobalt is an alternative catalyst for furfural hydrogenation but suffers from the strong binding
of H and furan ring on the surface, resulting in low catalytic activity and chemoselectivity …

Copper-based catalysts are active for hydrogenation, while they are prone to sintering in
hydrothermal conditions. In this study, alloying Cu with Ni and Zn was adopted to suppress …

In addition to the nature of the solvent, the intrinsic metal properties and degree of
dispersion, the selective hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) has been reported …

Selective conversion of furfural can produce some important chemical intermediates.
However, it is a challenge to design suitable catalysts due to the complex reaction route. A …

methyl-tetrahydrofuran (2-MTHF) is a promising biofuel or fuel additive with excellent
burning property, a versatile new-style solvent in organic synthesis, and an important …

The catalytic transformation of biomass-based furan compounds (furfural and HMF) for the
synthesis of organic chemicals is one of the important ways to utilize renewable biomass …

Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is a promising process for biomass upgrading. A challenge is
designing and developing related efficient catalysts. Here, we developed a defects …

Production of cyclopentanone (CPO) from biomass-derived furfural is attractive but
challenging, as deep hydrogenation or ring-opening of furan ring in furfural over Co-based …