Emerging Catalytic Technologies for Clean Chemical Synthesis and Efficient Biomass Conversion and Upgrading
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 861
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heterogeneous catalyst rational design for selective hydrogenation and oxidation for clean chemical synthesis; biomass conversion to platform chemicals; valorization of bio-derived molecules
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Dear Colleagues,
To address the issues associated with climate change, raw materials, energy resources, and environmental pollution, transitioning from the utilization of fossil carbon resources to a renewable and decarbonized energy system is a potential route. The selective catalytic conversion of lignocellulose (a class of inedible and abundant renewable carbon feedstocks) and bio-derived compounds into value-added fuels and chemicals serves as a promising carbon-neutral strategy to drive this transition. However, the efficient fractionation of biomass and selective conversion of bio-derived platform chemicals essentially depend upon catalytic technologies, including catalyst development, catalytic systems, and reaction processes. Therefore, catalysts based on, for example, zeolites, carbon materials, metal oxides, metal organic frameworks (MOFs), pincer complexes, Lewis acidic cations, metallic nanoparticles, and single-atom sites have attracted great attention.
This Special Issue aims to report the latest advancements in catalytic technologies for clean chemical synthesis and efficient biomass conversion and upgrading, including the design and optimization of heterogeneous as well as homogeneous catalysts for lignocellulose hemicellulose, cellulose, and bio-derived compound upgrading, as well as other clean chemical synthesis by selective hydrogenation, oxidation, and related topics in a batch or continuous model. Reviews, research articles, and communications related to the above-mentioned catalytic systems are welcomed.
Prof. Dr. Xingguang Zhang
Prof. Dr. Ruiyan Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- lignocellulose and bio-derived compound upgrading
- clean chemical synthesis
- value-added chemicals and fuels
- heterogeneous catalysts
- homogeneous catalysts
- catalyst characterization
- biorefinery
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