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 …

Lignin for energy applications–state of the art, life cycle, technoeconomic analysis and future trends

A Beaucamp, M Muddasar, IS Amiinu, MM Leite… - Green …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin is produced in large quantities as a by-product of the papermaking and biofuel
industries. Lignin is the most abundant aromatic biopolymer on the planet with its chemical …

Chemical transformations of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural into highly added value products: present and future

Z Jiang, Y Zeng, D Hu, R Guo, K Yan, R Luque - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The synthesis of fuels, fuel additives, commercial and potential products from platform
molecules generated by the hydrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass is a promising strategy …

Challenges and opportunities of lignocellulosic biomass gasification in the path of circular bioeconomy

A Akbarian, A Andooz, E Kowsari, S Ramakrishna… - Bioresource …, 2022 - Elsevier
The energy deficiency issues and intense environmental pollution have exacted the
production of biofuels which are both renewable and sustainable and can be used to …

Downstream processing of lignin derived feedstock into end products

SS Wong, R Shu, J Zhang, H Liu, N Yan - Chemical Society Reviews, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite the enormous research efforts in recent years regarding lignin depolymerisation and
functionalisation, few commercial products are available. This review provides a summary …

Deconstruction and reassembly of renewable polymers and biocolloids into next generation structured materials

BL Tardy, BD Mattos, CG Otoni, M Beaumont… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
This review considers the most recent developments in supramolecular and supraparticle
structures obtained from natural, renewable biopolymers as well as their disassembly and …

Lignin-based electrodes for energy storage application

H Liu, T Xu, K Liu, M Zhang, W Liu, H Li, H Du… - Industrial Crops and …, 2021 - Elsevier
As the second most abundant organic polymers in nature, lignin demonstrates advantages
of low cost, high carbon content, plentiful functional groups. In recent years, lignin and its …

[HTML][HTML] How far is Lignin from being a biomedical material?

S Sugiarto, Y Leow, CL Tan, G Wang, D Kai - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin is a versatile biomass that possesses many different desirable properties such as
antioxidant, antibacterial, anti-UV, and good biocompatibility. Natural lignin can be …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated lignocellulosic biorefinery: Gateway for production of second generation ethanol and value added products

A Patel, AR Shah - Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, 2021 - Elsevier
An increasing demand for energy and depleting petroleum sources has elevated the need
for producing alternative renewable resources. Owing to the prominence of lignocellulosic …

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 …