The synthesis of potential biofuel 5-ethoxymethylfurfural: A review

M Zuo, L Lin, X Zeng - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of liquid fuel and fuel additive synthesis from abundant biomass
substrates has obtained much attention in recent years. Among the proposed bio-fuels, 5 …

Cooperative and Bifunctional Adsorbent‐Catalyst Materials for In‐situ VOCs Capture‐Conversion

SK Mondal, P Aina, AA Rownaghi, F Rezaei - ChemPlusChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are gases that are emitted into the air from products or
processes and are major components of air pollution that significantly deteriorate air quality …

Theoretical and experimental study of 5-ethoxymethylfurfural and ethyl levulinate production from cellulose

H Zhao, Y Jia, X Liang, J Hao, G Xu, B Chen… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
Theoretical simulations and experiments were taken to explore the mechanism of cellulose
conversion into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (EMF) and ethyl levulinate (EL) catalyzed by a mixed …

Phosphotungstic acid functionalized biochar for furfural production from corncob

X Li, X Lu, W Hu, H Xu, J Chen, J Xiong, L Lu… - Fuel Processing …, 2022 - Elsevier
Upgradation of lignocellulosic biomass to valuable chemicals has regarded as an effective
way for the utilization of renewable carbon sources. Furfural is one of the important …

Lignin-derived biochar solid acid catalyst for fructose conversion into 5-ethoxymethylfurfural

T Dowaki, H Guo, RL Smith Jr - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin-derived biochar materials with acid functional groups (-COOH,–SO 3 H and–OH)
were synthesized by carbonization of lignin (Lig T) at T=(300, 400, 500)° C and mix ball …

Critical assessment of reaction pathways for next-generation biofuels from renewable resources: 5-ethoxymethylfurfural

H Guo, T Dowaki, F Shen, X Qi… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Renewable resources must be upgraded to platform chemicals and biofuels, especially
furanic compounds such as 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) and 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (5 …

Microwave-assisted efficient fructose–hmf conversion in water over sulfonated carbon microsphere catalyst

X Kong, S Vinju Vasudevan, M Cao, J Cai… - ACS Sustainable …, 2021 - ACS Publications
A simple hydrothermal carbonization method was used to synthesize sulfonated carbon
catalysts from glucose in reflux conditions. The concentration of sulfuric acid played a …

Construction of a stable biochar-supported amorphous aluminum solid acid catalyst with Brønsted–Lewis dual acid sites for efficient conversion of cellulose

G Feng, J Chen, B Liang, Y Zhu, Y Zhang, T Gan… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The development of sustainable catalysts for the efficient conversion of biomass to desirable
chemicals is significant and challenging. Herein, a stable biochar (BC)-supported …

Tandem catalytic conversion of glucose and cellobiose to 5-ethoxymethylfurfural with record yields

Q Hou, Y Nie, X Zhang, R Lai, X Bai, C Xie, H Qian… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The conversion of biomass-derived carbohydrates to 5-ethoxymethylfurfural (EMF) is a
fascinating reaction with 100% carbon atom utilization. Although effective conversion of 5 …

Cascade conversion and kinetic modeling of glucose transformation into mixed-biofuels via lignin-derived Lewis-Brønsted acid biochars

T Dowaki, H Guo, RL Smith Jr - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Biochar catalysts having Lewis acid (Al) and Brønsted acid (-SO 3 H) functionalities have
wide use in sustainable production of chemicals and energy from renewable resources …