The shortage of resources and increasing climate changes have brought the need for sustainable and renewable resources to people’s attention. Biomass is an earth-abundant material and has great potential as a feedstock for alternative fuels and chemicals. For the effective utilization of biomass, this biopolymer has to be depolymerized and transformed into key building blocks and/or the targeted products, and biological or chemical catalysts are commonly used for the rapid and energy-efficient reactions. This Special Issue introduces recent advances in the catalytic conversion of biomass into biofuels and value-added products.
An efficient catalyst-free system composed of ammonia borane in water or alcohol was developed to selectively convert biomass-derived feedstock into four value-added products under extremely mild conditions.
The capture and conversion of CO2 from direct air into value-added products under mild conditions represents a promising step towards environmental remediation and energy sustainability. Consequently, herein, we report application...
Electronic band contraction induced low temperature methane activation on metal alloys
