Currently, the development of alternative and green energy sources has been being strongly
pushed aiming to recoup the lack of fossil energy, to meet the ever-increasing demand of …

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

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

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

Transformation of biomass to chemicals and fuels is a long-term goal in both science and
industry. However, high cost is one of the major obstacles to the industrialization of this …

Activation of oxygen-containing functional groups plays a key role in sustainable biomass
upgrading and conversion. In this work, a NiMo intermetallic compound (IMC) catalyst was …

Selective hydrogenation of biomass to value-added products plays a crucial role in the
development of renewable energy resources. Herein, two heterogonous Ni catalysts …

Bimetallic catalysts display high reactivity in valorization of biomass-derived chemicals. In
this work, KIT-6-templated mesoporous CuNiO x catalysts were synthesized and applied for …

The exploitation of base metal catalysts to upgrade biomass chemicals remains a daunting
challenge and a sustainable strategy. Here, a series of Co-Al spinel catalysts are rapidly …

Catalytic hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) of furfural (FUR) to produce 2− methylfuran (2− MeF) is
a green way to produce hydrocarbons with fuel− like properties. In this work, bimetallic Ni …