Catalytic Upgrading of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Liquid Fuels and Chemicals

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Abstract: Biomass is the only known renewable organic carbon resource in nature that can be used as an alternative to fossil resources for sustainable production of liquid fuels and chemicals. In the past decades, the valorization of biomass, especially the most abundant non-edible lignocellulose, has drawn great attention from both academy and industry worldwide. Here, we attempt to bring together some of the recent advances in the catalytic transformation of lignocellulose and its derived platform molecules to liquid fuels and chemicals. Furthermore, we tentatively propose some topics for further attentions and studies, including the development of new methods for pretreatment, fractionation, and depolymerisation of lignocellulose, the exploration of new catalytic routes to valued-added chemicals from lignocellulose-based platform molecules, the understanding of reaction mechanism and site requirements, and the establishment of comprehensive reaction engineering for catalytic conversion of lignocellulose.

Key words: Biomass, Lignocellulose, Liquid fuels, Chemicals, Heterogeneous catalysis

WANG Shuai, LIU Haichao. Catalytic Upgrading of Lignocellulosic Biomass into Liquid Fuels and Chemicals[J]. Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 40(s1): 178-186.

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