Biomass to Biobased Chemicals & Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Biomass is organic materials originated from plants or animals such as crop waste, industrial waste, forestry residues, agricultural residues, algae, energy crops, municipal wastes, and food wastes. Biomass can be converted to fuels, platform chemicals and other bio-based materials by applying the concept of biorefineries, much the same way with oil refineries. The current mode of material and chemical productions from fossil fuel based resources poses a serious sustainability and environmental problems. These problems are further magnified by the slow transition of linear economy to circular bioeconomy and progress in the development of integrated biorefinery technology. The idea of biomass conversion to biofuels, platform chemicals and other bio-based materials can significantly reduce the current climate change problems we are facing and foster the sustainable development goals (SDGs) and the climate neutrality goal of EU by 2050. The aim of this Special Issue is to present innovative ideas and recent advances in the development of biomass conversion to biofuels, platform chemicals and other bio-based compounds and materials. 

In this Special Issue, we invite you to submit original research, review articles, and opinions on the broad area of biomass conversion to biofuels, platform chemicals and other bio-based compounds and materials. 

Dr. Amit K. Jaiswal
Dr. Swarna Jaiswal
Dr. Bahiru Tsegaye
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Biomass is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.