The replacement of fossil resources that currently provide more than 90% of our energy
needs and feedstocks of the chemical industry in combination with reduced emission of …

Efficient transformation of biomass to value-added chemicals and high-energy density fuels
is pivotal for a more sustainable economy and carbon-neutral society. In this framework …

Abstract γ-Valerolactone (GVL) is considered to be one of the most promising biomass
platform compounds, and it can be synthesized using different reaction pathways from …

Over the past few decades, research on heterogeneous catalysts, especially metal-free
catalysts in industrial and research transformations, has intensified. Despite the obvious …

The practical benefits of sustainable catalysts have incessantly increased their demand over
the past few decades. For chemical processes, extended carbon supported nanocatalysts …

Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant renewable feedstock and is considerably
cheaper than crude oil. As a result, there has been increased interest in developing …

A feasible approach was developed to produce furfural from the pre-hydrolysis liquor of
corncob via biochar catalysts as the solid acid catalyst in a new biphasic system with …

Activation plays an important role in improving the pore structure of the carbon materials
preparation. For carbon-based solid catalysts, activation could provide the high specific …

Sulfonated carbon-based catalyst has been prepared, characterized by elemental analysis,
SEM, EDX and FTIR and tested as a heterogeneous catalyst in the dehydration of d-xylose …

The use of carbon-based catalysts to catalyze the hydrothermal conversion of biomass and
its derived carbohydrates to produce platform compounds such as 5-(hydroxymethyl) furfural …