Design of Functional Catalysts for Biomass Transformation into High Value-Added Commodities
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 5048
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Interests: functional materials; heterogeneous catalysts; energy conversion and storage
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Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; syngas to fuels; nanomaterials for energy applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The crisis of non-renewable fossil resources, greenhouse gas emissions, and rising petroleum rates has prompted the development of new technologies for renewable chemicals, energy, and fuels. Currently, renewable energy (photovoltaic energy, biomass, and wind) is one of the most well-established study areas for a sustainable future worldwide. Especially replacing fossil resources with biomass, the sole organic carbon source, has recently attracted much attention because it may reduce reliance on fossil resources. Numerous processes and technologies have been developed to efficiently convert biomass to chemicals, fuels, and materials, including thermochemical, catalytic chemical, physical, and biochemical technologies. Among these, catalytic chemical processes may facilitate catalytic materials to increase product yields. However, the recalcitrance and diversity of biomass have exacerbated the need to investigate practical and selective catalytic systems and reaction conversion processes into high-added valuable products. This Special Issue explores the design and synthesis of novel, demanding, and robust catalytic systems for biomass transformation to address energy-related concerns with enormous potential for academic and industrial domains. This Special Issue will present high-quality, original research articles, communications, and reviews covering many recent advances in biomass valorization.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to: biomass valorization, lignocellulosic biorefineries, feedstock characterization and pretreatments, development of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts, liquid-phase and vapor-phase processes, catalytic processes, characterization and analytical techniques, biomass derivative chemicals, electro/photo/photoelectro catalytic biomass conversions, biomass-derived biofuels and their additives, and conversion pathways
Dr. Naresh Mameda
Dr. Rajender Boddula
Dr. Ganesh Koyyada
Dr. Balla Putrakumar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass valorization
- biomass-derived biofuels
- catalytic processes
- lignocellulosic biorefineries
- electro/photo/photoelectro catalytic biomass conversions
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