Advancement of Catalytic Materials in Biomass Conversion and Green Chemistry

Dear Colleagues,

The simultaneous depletion of fossil resources and increasing demand of sources for the production of energy, fuels, materials, and chemicals account for the significant interest in investigations in the field of alternative methods of generating valuable compounds. Green chemistry as well and biomass transformations in particular represent ways to target sustainable development, safety, and overcome environmental problems caused by the processing of traditional non-renewable sources. It should be emphasized that catalysis does play an important role in the development of technologies of biomass treatment.

The main directions of this Special Issue are:

• Biomass characterization and isolation of the main components;
• Catalytic, physical, and biotechnological approaches and solutions in biomass valorization;
• New approaches to clean and resource-saving energy;
• New materials and technologies necessary to solve various environmental problems based on biomass (poly-, di- and monosaccharides, lignins, lignocellulose, glycerol, etc.)
• Understanding the relationship between a single feature of a catalyst and its activity behavior, which is mandatory to regard catalysis as an exact science rather than as a trial-and-error approach;
• One-pot processes for converting biomass into high value-added materials;
• Development and physicochemical studies of catalysts;
• Catalytic systems based on oxides, zeolites, metal-organic frameworks, heteropoly compounds, etc.

Dr. Nikolay V. Gromov
Prof. Dr. Maria N. Timofeeva
Dr. Valentina N. Panchenko
Guest Editors

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