Recent Advances in Catalytic Conversion of Biomass

Dear Colleagues,

The development of efficient approaches for the conversion of biomass into viable targeted products (such as biofuels, fine chemicals and materials) remains one of the most important and challenging tasks for modern chemical science and technology. The transition to a carbon-neutral economy based on renewable carbon sources will require great efforts to make the use of renewable (primarily plant-based or waste) biomass an economically viable alternative to using raw fossil materials. The direct utilization of biomass to produce energy and materials is ineffective, so catalytic and biocatalytic systems for the conversion of biomass components into biofuels and low-molecular-weight products have become very important in recent years. Much attention has been given to solvent-free or continuous-flow catalytic processes.

This Special Issue on “Recent Advances in Catalytic Conversion of Biomass” aims to cover the current trends in the catalytic or biocatalytic processing of renewable biomass into biofuels and high-value-added products for the needs of fine organic chemistry and material sciences. The key topics include but are not limited to:

• The catalytic or biocatalytic conversion of carbohydrates into platform chemicals;
• The chemistry of renewable furanics;
• The fractionation and/or depolymerization of lignin;
• The gasification of biomass;
• Waste-to-energy technologies;
• Continuous flow processes.

Dr. Konstantin I. Galkin
Guest Editor

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