Lignin, as a precious resource given to mankind by nature with abundant functional aromatic
structures, has drawn much attention in the recent decade from academia to industry …

Selenium-based catalysts, due to their high efficiency, mild reaction conditions, good
functional compatibility and excellent selectivity, have attracted much attention during the …

Production of chemicals and fuels from renewable biomass is a hot topic of current research.
Theoretically, most of the fuels and chemicals from petroleum resources can be synthesised …

Oxidative depolymerization of lignin is a hot topic in the field of biomass valorization. The
most recent and green procedures have been herein detailed. Photochemical and …

In 1973, two major discoveries changed the face of selenium chemistry: the identification of
the first mammal selenoenzyme, glutathione peroxidase 1, and the discovery of the synthetic …

Photoinduced hydroxylation of boronic acids with molecular oxygen under photocatalyst-
free conditions is reported, providing a green entry to a variety of phenols and aliphatic …

In this work, we report oxidative cleavage of Csingle bondC bonds in β-O-4 lignin models
that is catalyzed by gold nanoparticles stabilized by graphene quantum dots (AuNPs-GQDs) …

Lignin depolymerization has been studied for more than 80 years; however, it has garnered
considerable attention over the past two decades. Various depolymerization routes have …