Zeolites in adsorption processes: State of the art and future prospects

E Pérez-Botella, S Valencia, F Rey - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
Zeolites have been widely used as catalysts, ion exchangers, and adsorbents since their
industrial breakthrough in the 1950s and continue to be state-of the-art adsorbents in many …

Polymers without petrochemicals: sustainable routes to conventional monomers

G Hayes, M Laurel, D MacKinnon, T Zhao… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Access to a wide range of plastic materials has been rationalized by the increased demand
from growing populations and the development of high-throughput production systems …

Oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane: catalytic and mechanistic aspects and future trends

S Najari, S Saeidi, P Concepcion… - Chemical Society …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Ethene is a commodity chemical of great importance for manufacturing diverse consumer
products, whose synthesis via crude oil steam cracking is one of the most energy-intensive …

The CO2 reduction potential for the European industry via direct electrification of heat supply (power-to-heat)

S Madeddu, F Ueckerdt, M Pehl… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The decarbonisation of industry is a bottleneck for the EU's 2050 target of climate neutrality.
Replacing fossil fuels with low-carbon electricity is at the core of this challenge; however, the …

Sustainable polymers from biomass: Bridging chemistry with materials and processing

Z Wang, MS Ganewatta, C Tang - Progress in Polymer Science, 2020 - Elsevier
Renewable natural resources, such as plant oils, fatty acids, cellulose, and lignin, have been
widely pursued as precursors for manufacturing sustainable polymers. There are many …

Metal oxides in heterogeneous oxidation catalysis: State of the art and challenges for a more sustainable world

JC Védrine - ChemSusChem, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This Review presents current knowledge, recent results, and challenges for the future in
heterogeneous oxidation catalysis in liquid and gaseous phases on solid metal oxide …

Towards Sustainable Oxalic Acid from CO2 and Biomass

E Schuler, M Demetriou, NR Shiju… - ChemSusChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
To quickly and drastically reduce CO2 emissions and meet our ambitions of a circular future,
we need to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture and utilization …

Catalytic approaches to monomers for polymers based on renewables

BM Stadler, C Wulf, T Werner, S Tin, JG de Vries - ACS Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
Polymers are used in simple consumer items like carpets, furniture, glues, and clothing but
are also used in advanced engineering, including materials used in the aerospace industry …

[HTML][HTML] A review on the production of light olefins using steam cracking of hydrocarbons

Z Gholami, F Gholami, Z Tišler, M Vakili - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
Light olefins are the main building blocks used in the petrochemical and chemical industries
for the production of different components such as polymers, synthetic fibers, rubbers, and …

A review on production of light olefins via fluid catalytic cracking

Z Gholami, F Gholami, Z Tišler, M Tomas, M Vakili - Energies, 2021 - mdpi.com
The fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process is an alternative olefin production technology, with
lower CO2 emission and higher energy-saving. This process is used for olefin production by …