Biomass and Waste Conversion and Valorization to Chemicals, Energy and Fuels, 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Plants, algal and residual biomass, and wastes are, to a large extent, renewable resources that can be transformed into high-value-added products such as chemicals, biofuels, and advanced materials. Moreover, the introduction of innovative conversion pathways can play a significant role in promoting sustainability, reducing waste, and mitigating the negative environmental impacts associated with conventional resource valorization and waste disposal.

In the last few decades, an increasing number of biomass species; varieties of waste; and clean, green, and sustainable chemical processes have been introduced and promoted in line with the concept of biorefinery. For example, various methods of chemical biomass processing for energy production can reduce our dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, and advanced and innovative materials such as food additives, nutraceuticals, bioplastics, biocomposites, and bio-based fibers have been produced from biomass and biowaste to be used as feedstocks.

Some of the above topics were addressed in the first edition of this Special Issue, which we had the honor of Guest Editing and which garnered much attention from the academic community—the two reviews and eight research articles published were viewed thousands of times and cited by many authors.

This has encouraged us to initiate a second edition of the Special Issue, which aims to cover recent cutting-edge and emerging new-generation strategies for the development of processes for converting sustainable biomass/waste to bioactives, platform chemicals, and other high-value compounds; it also aims to present research highlighting the challenges and opportunities in this field, leading to novel perspectives, as well as review articles by experts in the field.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. José A.P. Coelho
Prof. Dr. Roumiana P. Stateva
Guest Editors

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