Eutectics: formation, properties, and applications

D Yu, Z Xue, T Mu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Various eutectic systems have been proposed and studied over the past few decades. Most
of the studies have focused on three typical types of eutectics: eutectic metals, eutectic salts …

Biorefinery roadmap based on catalytic production and upgrading 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Q Hou, X Qi, M Zhen, H Qian, Y Nie, C Bai, S Zhang… - Green …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Biorefineries, which utilize lignocellulosic biomass as renewable energy source and
sustainable carbon feedstock, are a promising solution to alleviate the excessive …

Multi-scale complexities of solid acid catalysts in the catalytic fast pyrolysis of biomass for bio-oil production–A review

R Liu, M Sarker, MM Rahman, C Li, M Chai… - Progress in Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite remarkable progress in catalytic fast pyrolysis, bio-oil production is far from
commercialization because of multi-scale challenges, and major constraints lie with …

Heterogeneously Catalyzed Hydrothermal Processing of C5–C6 Sugars

X Zhang, K Wilson, AF Lee - Chemical reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
Biomass has been long exploited as an anthropogenic energy source; however, the 21st
century challenges of energy security and climate change are driving resurgence in its …

[HTML][HTML] Continuous synthesis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose using a combination of AlCl3 and HCl as catalyst in a biphasic slug flow capillary microreactor

W Guo, HJ Heeres, J Yue - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) was synthesized from glucose in a slug flow capillary
microreactor, using a combination of AlCl 3 and HCl as the homogeneous catalyst in the …

Valorization of biomass to hydroxymethylfurfural, levulinic acid, and fatty acid methyl ester by heterogeneous catalysts

SS Chen, T Maneerung, DCW Tsang, YS Ok… - Chemical Engineering …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biomass conversion to value-added chemicals and fuels over heterogeneous catalysts is
one of the top issues in green chemistry. This review focuses on recent advances in the …

Recent advance on the catalytic system for efficient production of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

D Hu, M Zhang, H Xu, Y Wang, K Yan - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2021 - Elsevier
Conversion of biomass-derived sources into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a value-added
platform chemical, has attracted great research interest motivated by the raising economic …

Recent advances in catalytic and autocatalytic production of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

L Hu, Z Wu, Y Jiang, X Wang, A He, J Song, J Xu… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
As a typical biomass-derived platform compound, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) can be
used to synthesize numerous high-quality fuels and high-value chemicals, so it has captured …

Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of ethyl levulinate to γ-valerolactone over zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks

AH Valekar, KH Cho, SK Chitale, DY Hong, GY Cha… - Green …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
A series of highly crystalline, porous, zirconium-based metal–organic frameworks (Zr-MOFs)
with different ligand functionalities and porosities were applied for catalytic transfer …

Advanced XPS characterization: XPS-based multi-technique analyses for comprehensive understanding of functional materials

MA Isaacs, J Davies-Jones, PR Davies… - Materials Chemistry …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) has achieved maturity as an analytical technique in
that it is a ubiquitous tool in the materials community, however as made apparent by recent …