Environmental Catalysis Processes Based on Biomass

Dear Colleagues,

In the last decade, the decline of traditional fossil fuels has led to the search and development of alternative energy sources, which must be sustainable and respectful to the environment. Among them, biomass is the only carbon-based energy source, so it is the only source with the potential to obtain energy and the most noteworthy to synthesize valuable products, which are currently formed from fossil fuels. The transformation of biomass into value-added products takes place through thermophysical and thermochemical processes using heterogeneous catalysts.

Taking into account the need to obtain valuable organic products from biomass, the focus of this Special Issue is the use of catalysts to valorize biomass. The choice of the biomass source is a key factor to obtain a sustainable process, since lignocellulosic biomass should not interfere with the food chain. In this sense, lignocellulose has emerged as a sustainable source due to its abundance and low cost to obtain fuels and chemicals. More recently, the organic waste related to the harvest, manufacture, and disposal of food has also emerged as a sustainable biomass source to obtain high value-added products.

Based on this, we would like to invite authors to publish papers and short reviews related to the use of heterogeneous catalysts in different reactions in order to obtain a platform of fuel products from the valorization of biomass.

Dr. Juan A. Cecilia
Prof. Dr. Francisco Murilo Tavares de Luna
Guest Editors

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