Catalytic Conversion of Biomass and Preparation of Carbon Materials
A special issue of Catalysts (ISSN 2073-4344). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomass Catalysis".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 April 2023) | Viewed by 545
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heterogeneous catalysis; biomass conversion; dynamic catalysis; carbon neutrality; renewable energy and materials
Interests: garbage to gold: convert biomass/coal/tyre/plastics to high-value carbon neutral materials, fuels and chemicals via carbon/metal-based catalysts; anti-passivation for the catalytic cracking (FCC) zeolitic catalysts
Interests: biomass energy engineering; waste-to-resource technologies; environmental microbial technologies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Environmental devastation, energy crisis, and global warming are among the most serious issues that humanity is now confronting. These crises are still escalating due to population increase and resource depletion. Therefore, it is urgent to develop ecologically friendly and economically viable technologies to solve these problems. Due to the potential applications in energy generation, catalysis, adsorption, and gas separation and storage, biomass materials are considered ideal candidates for alleviating these crises.
This Special Issue introduces various biomasses used in catalytic conversion processes. The latest research developments on the catalytic conversion of biomass will be discussed—particularly the effects of catalysts on the principal products of various chemical reactions, as well as the yield and characteristics of the products. Different catalytic reaction mechanisms in the processes of chemical conversion reactions will be addressed in order to clarify the prerequisites for enhancing the quality of the intended result. To better comprehend the prospects for biomass catalytic conversion technology, the difficulties and possibilities associated with chemical conversion processes will also be addressed. Furthermore, this Special Issue will introduce several types of biomass-based carbon material synthesis and modification processes as well as the effects of various factors involved in the carbonization process to generate biochar with different physicochemical properties from biomass. The application of biomass-based carbon materials in wastewater treatment is another point of emphasis. Future directions of biomass-based carbon materials will also be discussed.
Dr. Fanghua Li
Dr. Qiaoqiao Zhou
Dr. Le Zhang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass
- catalytic conversion
- catalytic reaction mechanisms
- biomass-based carbon materials
- wastewater treatment
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