Sustainable polymers

AK Mohanty, F Wu, R Mincheva… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Sustainable polymers are materials derived from renewable, recycled and waste carbon
resources and their combinations, which at the end of life can be recycled, biodegraded or …

Bio-based polymers with performance-advantaged properties

RM Cywar, NA Rorrer, CB Hoyt, GT Beckham… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Bio-based compounds with unique chemical functionality can be obtained through selective
transformations of plant and other non-fossil, biogenic feedstocks for the development of …

Biomass-based materials for green lithium secondary batteries

C Jin, J Nai, O Sheng, H Yuan, W Zhang… - Energy & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
The advances in process engineering, nanotechnology, and materials science gradually
enable the potential applications of biomass in novel energy storage technologies such as …

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 …

The production of furfural directly from hemicellulose in lignocellulosic biomass: A review

Y Luo, Z Li, X Li, X Liu, J Fan, JH Clark, C Hu - Catalysis Today, 2019 - Elsevier
As one main component of lignocellulosic biomass, hemicellulose is a promising alternative
for the replacement of limited fossil resources to produce furfural, thus preserving a high …

CoP-CoOOH heterojunction with modulating interfacial electronic structure: A robust biomass-upgrading electrocatalyst

H Wang, Y Zhou, S Tao - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2022 - Elsevier
The interfacial electron modulation of electrocatalyst is an effective strategy to realize the
oxidation of organic chemicals. Here, a heterojunction (CoP-CoOOH) is prepared via a …

Fates of chemical elements in biomass during its pyrolysis

WJ Liu, WW Li, H Jiang, HQ Yu - Chemical Reviews, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biomass is increasingly perceived as a renewable resource rather than as an organic solid
waste today, as it can be converted to various chemicals, biofuels, and solid biochar using …

Opportunities and challenges in biomass electrocatalysis and valorization

S Sun, Z Liu, ZJ Xu, T Wu - Applied Catalysis B: Environment and Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Establishing an energy infrastructure based on clean and renewable energy source is
paramount. H 2 stands out as a clean and renewable energy carrier, facilitating the …

Lignin functionalization for the production of novel materials

S Bertella, JS Luterbacher - Trends in Chemistry, 2020 - cell.com
Lignin, a major constituent of lignocellulosic biomass, is the largest natural source of
aromatic molecules and thus is an attractive feedstock for renewable chemical production …

Thermochemical conversion of lignin to functional materials: a review and future directions

WJ Liu, H Jiang, HQ Yu - Green Chemistry, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Lignin valorization is considered an important part of the modern biorefinery scheme. The
unique structure and composition of lignin may offer many effective routes to produce …