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 …

Recent advances in the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over heterogeneous catalysts

Z An, J Li - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) has recently emerged as a highly attractive approach
for achieving biomass-based hydrogenation due to its avoidance of high-pressure fossil …

State-of-the-art of biomass-derived carbon dots: Preparation, properties, and applications

M Fang, B Wang, X Qu, S Li, J Huang, J Li, S Lu… - Chinese Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Carbon dots (CDs) have attracted considerable attention as a new type of fluorescent
carbon nanomaterial because of their excellent optical properties, biocompatibility, and high …

Heterogeneous photocatalytic conversion of biomass to biofuels: A review

X Liu, Z Chen, S Lu, B Xu, D Cheng, W Wei… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Biofuels derived from abundant biomass are promising alternatives to fossil fuels, which are
considered to be green, renewable, and sustainable. Great efforts have been made to …

Photocatalytic Selective Oxidation of HMF Coupled with H2 Evolution on Flexible Ultrathin gC3N4 Nanosheets with Enhanced N–H Interaction

X Bao, M Liu, Z Wang, D Dai, P Wang, H Cheng… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Solar-driven catalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) into 2, 5-diformylfuran
(DFF) coupled with H2 evolution has been considered a promising approach. The …

Building a pyrazole–benzothiadiazole–pyrazole photosensitizer into metal–organic frameworks for photocatalytic aerobic oxidation

JK Jin, K Wu, XY Liu, GQ Huang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Charge separation plays a crucial role in regulating photochemical properties and therefore
warrants consideration in designing photocatalysts. Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are …

Covalent‐Bonding Oxidation Group and Titanium Cluster to Synthesize a Porous Crystalline Catalyst for Selective Photo‐Oxidation Biomass Valorization

JN Chang, Q Li, Y Yan, JW Shi, J Zhou… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The selective photo‐oxidation of biomass‐derived 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) to 2, 5‐
furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is important due to its substitute‐role in polyester‐fabrication …

Atomistic structural engineering of conjugated microporous polymers promotes photocatalytic biomass valorization

Y Yan, X Yu, C Shao, Y Hu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Polymer photocatalysts have great promise for solar fuel production due to their flexible
structural and functional designability. However, their photocatalytic efficiencies are still …

Electro‐and photocatalytic oxidative upgrading of bio‐based 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural

Y Meng, S Yang, H Li - ChemSusChem, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conversion of biomass into biofuels and high value‐added chemicals is a promising
strategy to solve the increasingly deteriorating environmental problems caused by fossil …

In Situ Topochemical Transformation of ZnIn2S4 for Efficient Photocatalytic Oxidation of 5‐Hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5‐Diformylfuran

Y Zhu, W Deng, Y Tan, J Shi, J Wu, W Lu… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Photocatalytic selective oxidation of 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) coupled H2 production
offers a promising approach to producing valuable chemicals. Herein, an efficient in situ …