Biomass Catalysis
A section of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344).
Section Information
The Catalysis for Biomass Conversion section of the journal Catalysts publishes original and high-quality research Communications, Articles, and Review articles in the areas of catalytic conversion of biomass and its derivatives to (gas, liquid, or solid) chemicals and fuels and materials.
The focus of the section is on the understanding of catalytic processes for biomass conversion at the micro-, meso-, and macro scale from: 1) the rational design and synthesis of advanced catalysts, to 2) the characterization of their structures and active sites, to 3) the understanding of the catalytic mechanism, and 4) resulting catalytic processes and technologies.
All manuscripts submitted for publication under this section will be reviewed by expert Section Editors and undergo a rigorous peer review process. Our goal is to make high-quality and impactful research in biomass catalytic conversion promptly and easily accessible to a wide audience worldwide to accelerate progress in renewable sources conversion, with the aim of contributing to a more sustainable future.
Examples of subject areas covered in this section include:
Theoretical studies
- Fundamental theories applied to biomass catalytic conversion
- Theory/computational methods for the design of catalysts, characterization, and reactivity studies for biomass conversion
Fundamental experimental studies
- Novel catalytic materials for biomass processing: heterogeneous, homogeneous, and biological catalysts
- Fundamental studies of reaction pathways unique to biomass conversion
- Micro and macro kinetics of biomass catalytic conversion
Catalytic conversion of chemical platforms
- Physico-, chemo-, bio-, and thermo-catalytic processes (e.g., pretreatment, fractionation, conversion) of biomass including residues from agriculture, forestry, processing plants, and municipal sources, as well as renewable plant and non-food lignocellulosic biomass
- Processes including but not limited to fermentation, hydrolysis, combustion, gasification, pyrolysis, cracking, Fischer-Tropsch, hydrotreating, transesterification, and (ep)oxidation
Chemical platforms to conventional and advanced biofuels
- Conversion of bioderived feedstocks (e.g., starch, sugars from corn grain and sugar cane, lignocellulose from woody biomass, corn stalks, forest waste, switchgrass) to chemical platforms (e.g., aqueous sugars, polyols, lignin, syngas, bio-oil, glycerol) and to liquid fuels (e.g., fermentation and cellulosic ethanol and butanol, fatty acids methyl esters (FAMEs), algae and biomass-to-liquid diesel, ethers, air and maritime biofuels)
Chemical platforms to bio-chemicals
- Conversion of starch, lignocellulose, bio-syngas, lipids/oil, glycerol/sugars, lignin, and bio-oil to building blocks (e.g., ethanol, lactic acid, succinic acid, xylitol, phenolics, BTX, triglycerides)
- Secondary (e.g., ethylene, polyols, terephthalic acid, linear diacids, fatty alcohols)
- Intermediate (e.g., polyurethanes, polyesters, resins) chemicals as petrochemical substitutes
Catalytic technologies
- Technologies for biomass pretreatment and upgrading and lignocellulose fractionation
- Processes for lignocellulose, starch, sugars, and lipids to fuels and chemicals including depolymerization, pyrolysis, gasification, liquid phase processing, reforming, hydrodeoxygenation, transesterification, and (ep)oxidation
- Advances in process technology, innovative processes, catalyst and process scale-up
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Heterogeneous Catalysis for Valorization of Lignocellulosic Biomass II (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Catalysis in Biofuel/Biomass Processing Technologies (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Catalysis for Sustainable Refinery and Bio-Refinery (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- State-of-the-Art in Catalysts for the Hydroconversion of Heavy Oils (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Recent Advances in Catalytic Biomass Conversion to Value-Added Chemicals (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Catalytic Reforming for Syngas and H2 Productions (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose and Lignin (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Catalytic Conversion of Glycerol (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Application of Heterogeneous Catalysts in Energy Conversion and Storage Systems (Deadline: 15 October 2022)
- Recent Advancements in Biomass/Waste-Derived Materials in Catalysis, Energy Storage, and Computational Modeling (Deadline: 20 October 2022)
- Catalysts in Thermo-Chemical Upcycling Solid Wastes to High-Value Products (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Catalysts in Sustainable, Industrial Processes in Biorefinery and Bioeconomy (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Catalysts in Production of Clean Gasification Gas (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Catalysis in Biomass Valorization for Fuel and Chemicals (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Furan Compounds (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- New Trends in Catalytic Pyrolysis (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Catalysis for Biomass Conversion: Innovative Processes, Theory and Computational Methods (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Catalysis for Flavours and Fragrances (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- The Role of Catalysis to Sustainable Aviation Fuels (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Application of Catalysts in Sewage Treatment (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Added Value Chemicals (Deadline: 1 January 2023)
- Design of Functional Catalysts for Biomass Transformation into High Value-Added Commodities (Deadline: 10 January 2023)
- Aqueous-Phase Catalytic Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of Renewable Biomass and Its Downstream Products (Deadline: 31 January 2023)
- Conversion of Biomass and Biomass Derivatives with Zeolite-Based Catalysts (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Recent Advances in Biomass Catalytic Conversion for a Sustainable Future (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- Catalytical Methods for the Production of Fine and Bulk Chemicals and Biomaterials from Biomass (Deadline: 12 July 2024)