Advanced Biomass Materials: Energy Conversion and Green Chemistry
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2023) | Viewed by 1862
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomass energy chemistry; lignin; high-value utilization of biomass-based resources
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Dear Colleagues,
Non-renewable fossil fuel resources (coal and crude oil) have been indispensable resources for hundreds of years. With the increasing energy demand, the growing concerns regarding development sustainability have been promoting great interest in finding renewable and clean energy sources (e.g., solar energy, wind energy, hydroenergy, and biomass). Biomass is considered to be a very promising resource in achieving the goal of sustainable global carbon economy while avoiding adverse impacts on the climate. In view of sustainable development, alternative feedstocks for chemicals, materials, and energy have turned into one of this century’s key challenges. Recently, the utilization of lignocellulosic biomass for energy and materials production are increasing due to its environmental friendliness. Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant, sustainable, and cost-effective biomass, and is primarily composed of cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin. The three polymers together form complicated and rigid cross-linking structures, which are beneficial to enhance the plant recalcitrance to physical attack, as well as biological and chemical degradation. However, the recalcitrance limits the value-added applications of the plant cell wall in biorefinery processes. The development of sustainable green technologies and processes becomes key to a sustainable society.
Original research articles and review articles focusing on the characterization, fractionation and energy conversion of lignocellulose as well as removal applications of lignocellulosic materials are welcome. The topical interests include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Bioenergy and biorefinery of biobased materials resulting from pilot, demonstration, and industrial plants.
- Novel and high-efficiency pretreatment methods for improving the degradation of lignocelluloses.
- Structural elucidation of native and fractionated biomass such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin.
- Chemocatalytic depolymerization of biomass.
- Upgrading of lignin to fuels and chemicals.
- Lignocellulose-based materials.
- Process simulation of integrated biorefinery process and techno-economic analysis.
- LCA of greenhouse gas reduction for biobased energy systems.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Mingqiang Zhu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomass
- pretreatment
- fractionation
- structural characterization
- platform chemical compounds
- conversion
- value-added utilization
- energy conversion
- green chemistry
