Catalytic Transformation of Renewables (Olefin, Bio-sourced, et. al)
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2020) | Viewed by 88441
Special Issue Editors
Interests: organic chemistry; heterogeneous catalysis; green chemistry; supported nanoparticles; flow chemistry; biomass conversion
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Interests: metal nanoparticles; heterogeneous catalysis; nanostructured metal oxides; heteropolyacids; biomass transformation; HMF oxidation
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Interests: metal nanoparticles; heterogeneous catalysis; nanostructured metal oxides; biomass transformation; in situ and operando techniques
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, a wide variety of biomass-derived chemicals have emerged as key platform chemicals for the production of fine chemicals and liquid fuels. Heterogeneous catalysts are the preferred option for most of the developed and proposed catalytic processes. A range of heterogeneous catalysts have been evaluated for effective biomass conversion, such as supported metal nanoparticles, mixed metal oxides and zeolites, where the control of particle size, porosity, acid-basic and redox properties are crucial for providing active, stable and selective heterogeneous catalysts. Moreover, the crucial role of the solvent, choice of reactor design and final chemical processes for controlling activity, selectivity and deactivation phenomena has been demonstrated.
We invite the scientific community to submit their contributions in the form of original research articles and review articles that could seek an excellent interaction between solid catalysts and their applications in biomass transformation on selected topics. We are particularly interested in articles describing:
1) Furfural transformation
2) HMF transformation
3) Bioethanol production from biomass
4) Olefin production from biomass-derived molecules
5) Deactivation studies using in situ and ex situ spectroscopic techniques
6) Computational modeling and simulation of biomass-derived processes
Dr. Nikolaos Dimitratos
Prof. Dr. Stefania Albonetti
Dr. Tommaso Tabanelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Biomass transformation
- Fine chemicals and fuels
- Heterogeneous catalysts
- Deactivation studies
- In situ/operando studies
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