Chemical and biological catalysis for plastics recycling and upcycling

LD Ellis, NA Rorrer, KP Sullivan, M Otto… - Nature Catalysis, 2021 - nature.com
Plastics pollution is causing an environmental crisis, prompting the development of new
approaches for recycling, and upcycling. Here, we review challenges and opportunities in …

Photoreforming of waste polymers for sustainable hydrogen fuel and chemicals feedstock: waste to energy

M Ashraf, N Ullah, I Khan, W Tremel, S Ahmad… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

[HTML][HTML] Progress in biomass torrefaction: Principles, applications and challenges

WH Chen, BJ Lin, YY Lin, YS Chu, AT Ubando… - Progress in Energy and …, 2021 - Elsevier
The development of biofuels has been considered as an important countermeasure to abate
anthropogenic CO 2 emissions, suppress deteriorated atmospheric greenhouse effect, and …

[HTML][HTML] Guidelines for performing lignin-first biorefining

MM Abu-Omar, K Barta, GT Beckham… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The valorisation of the plant biopolymer lignin is now recognised as essential to enabling
the economic viability of the lignocellulosic biorefining industry. In this context, the “lignin …

Recent advances in hydrogen production from biomass waste with a focus on pyrolysis and gasification

TX Nguyen-Thi, PQP Nguyen, VD Tran… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Energy consumption was skyrocketing along with fast economic development as well as
continuous global population growth. Furthermore, environmental concerns about …

Steam explosion of lignocellulosic biomass for multiple advanced bioenergy processes: A review

Y Yu, J Wu, X Ren, A Lau, H Rezaei, M Takada… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The utilization of lignocellulosic biomass to produce fuels and chemicals is an effective way
to gradually relieve the global threats of petroleum exhaustion and climate change …

Integrated biorefinery processes for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass to value added materials: Paving a path towards circular economy

G Velvizhi, K Balakumar, NP Shetti, E Ahmad… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass is an effective and sustainable alternative for petroleum-derived
fuels and chemicals to produce biofuels and bio-based products. Despite the high …

A review on biomass: importance, chemistry, classification, and conversion

A Tursi - Biofuel Research Journal, 2019 - biofueljournal.com
Biomass is currently the most widespread form of renewable energy and its exploitation is
further increasing due to the concerns over the devastative impacts of fossil fuel …

A comprehensive review on lignocellulosic biomass biorefinery for sustainable biofuel production

MV Rodionova, AM Bozieva… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increasingly severe environmental pollution and energy shortage issues have
demanded the production of renewable and sustainable biofuels to replace conventional …

Different pretreatment technologies of lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol production: An overview

S Rezania, B Oryani, J Cho, A Talaiekhozani… - Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Regarding the supply of fossil fuels, greenhouse gasses emission, global warming, and
increasing fuel price; there is a need to find alternative energy resources, which are …