For years, fossil fuels have been the predominant feedstock for the production of chemicals,
resulting in their overexploitation and widespread environmental degradation, prompting a …

Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural stand out as bridges connecting biomass raw materials
to the biorefinery industry. Their reductive transformations by hydroconversion are key …

The electrosynthesis from 5‐hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is considered a green strategy to
achieve biomass‐derived high‐value chemicals. As the molecular structure of HMF is …

CO2 hydrogenation to methanol has attracted great interest while suffering from low
conversion and high energy input. Herein, tiny Pd3Cu nanoparticles are confined into a …

Selective hydrogenation of α, β-unsaturated aldehydes to unsaturated alcohols is a
challenging class of reactions, yielding valuable intermediates for the production of …

The production of future transportation fuels and chemicals requires the deployment of new
catalytic processes that transform biomass into valuable products under competitive …

Furfural is a promising renewable platform compound derived from lignocellulosic biomass
that can be further converted to biofuels and biochemicals. The highly functionalized …

Deoxygenation is an important reaction in the conversion of biomass-derived oxygenates to
fuels and chemicals. A key route for biomass refining involves the production of pyrolysis oil …

Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) are important platform chemicals in biorefinery.
Reduction of furfural or HMF with H2 over heterogeneous catalysts is the simplest way to …

Compared to the vapour phase, liquid-phase heterogeneous catalysis provides additional
degrees of freedom for reaction engineering, but the multifaceted solvent effects complicate …