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Advancement of Catalytic Materials in Biomass Conversion and Green Chemistry

A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Catalytic Materials".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 1976

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1. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Lavrentiev av. 5, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
2. Novosibirsk State Technical University, Karl Marks av. 20, 630092 Novosibirsk, Russia
Interests: green chemistry; energy; biomass; one-pot process; hydrolysis; hydrogenation; oxidation

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Guest Editor
1. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Lavrentiev av. 5, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
2. Novosibirsk State Technical University, Karl Marks av. 20, 630092 Novosibirsk, Russia
Interests: green chemistry, glycerol; glycerolysis process; cyclization; organic carbonates; CO2

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Guest Editor
1. Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS, Lavrentiev av. 5, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
2. Novosibirsk State Technical University, Karl Marks av. 20, 630092 Novosibirsk, Russia
Interests: metalloorganic compounds; physicochemical properties; spectroscopic studies

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The simultaneous depletion of fossil resources and increasing demand of sources for the production of energy, fuels, materials, and chemicals account for the significant interest in investigations in the field of alternative methods of generating valuable compounds. Green chemistry as well and biomass transformations in particular represent ways to target sustainable development, safety, and overcome environmental problems caused by the processing of traditional non-renewable sources. It should be emphasized that catalysis does play an important role in the development of technologies of biomass treatment.

The main directions of this Special Issue are:

  • Biomass characterization and isolation of the main components;
  • Catalytic, physical, and biotechnological approaches and solutions in biomass valorization;
  • New approaches to clean and resource-saving energy;
  • New materials and technologies necessary to solve various environmental problems based on biomass (poly-, di- and monosaccharides, lignins, lignocellulose, glycerol, etc.)
  • Understanding the relationship between a single feature of a catalyst and its activity behavior, which is mandatory to regard catalysis as an exact science rather than as a trial-and-error approach;
  • One-pot processes for converting biomass into high value-added materials;
  • Development and physicochemical studies of catalysts;
  • Catalytic systems based on oxides, zeolites, metal-organic frameworks, heteropoly compounds, etc.

Dr. Nikolay V. Gromov
Prof. Dr. Maria N. Timofeeva
Dr. Valentina N. Panchenko
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • green chemistry
  • biomass transformation
  • catalysis
  • one-pot process
  • poly-, di- and monosaccharides
  • cellulose
  • glycerol
  • organic carbonates

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18 pages, 3732 KiB  
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Investigation of the Formation, Characterization, and Oxidative Catalytic Valorization of Humins
by André Wassenberg, Tobias Esser, Maximilian J. Poller and Jakob Albert
Materials 2023, 16(7), 2864; https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16072864 - 4 Apr 2023
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The industrial use of biomass, e.g., for the production of platform chemicals such as levulinic acid, became increasingly important in recent years. However, the efficiency of these processes was reduced by the formation of insoluble solid waste products called humins. Herein, the formation [...] Read more.
The industrial use of biomass, e.g., for the production of platform chemicals such as levulinic acid, became increasingly important in recent years. However, the efficiency of these processes was reduced by the formation of insoluble solid waste products called humins. Herein, the formation of humins from various carbohydrates was investigated under different process conditions, in order to obtain information about the structure and the formation mechanism. During this process, new potential structural fragments of humins were identified. Subsequently, the produced humins were oxidatively converted to low-molecular-weight carboxylic acids with the use of polyoxometalate catalysts. The experiments showed that the use of sugars in acetic acid and ethanol only lead to the formation of a small amount of humins, which were also structurally most suitable for conversion to carboxylic acids. The main products of the oxidative valorisation of these humins were acetic acid, formic acid, and CO2, respectively, and our results indicate that certain functional groups were converted preferentially. These findings will help to improve processes for the valorisation of biomass by enabling an overall more efficient use of thermo-sensitive feedstock such as carbohydrates. Full article
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