Energy from renewable resources is central to environmental sustainability. Among the
renewables, sunlight-driven fuel synthesis is a sustainable and economical approach to …

The ever increasing industrial production of commodity and specialty chemicals inexorably
depletes the finite primary fossil resources available on Earth. The forecast of population …

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 …

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 …

Utilizing biomass in biorefineries is a favorable sustainable method to produce platform
chemicals, materials and energy. Conversions of lignocellulosic biomass to chemicals have …

Until recently, most of energy and industrially produced chemicals were derived from fossil
fuel-based resources. This along with the continued depletion of finite fossil resources and …

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

Obtaining chemicals and materials in sustainable ways is of growing importance. A potential
source of sustainable chemicals and materials is lignocellulosic biomass residues …

Due to their high reactivity, chemical versatility and economic competitiveness,
formaldehyde-based poly-condensation adhesives are used in huge amounts-in 2010 in the …

Lignocellulosic biomass; hemicellulose, has been recognized as one of the most important
renewable bioresources for production of alternative biofuels and biochemicals. The …