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Sustainable preparation of waste heavy bio-oil based 3D porous carbon materials via in situ binary template activation and its application in zinc-ion hybrid capacitors

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Efficient hydrodeoxygenation of methyl levulinate into pentanoic biofuels over Ru/USY catalysts

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The core factors in determining product distributions during pyrolysis: The synergistic effect of volatile-char interactions and temperature

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Synthesis of carrageenan/DFNS composite and its application in the esterification of levulinic acid with alcohols

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Formylation-mediated pretreatment: Enabling high-yield production of methyl levulinate from cellulose at high substrate loading

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Titanate nanotubes covalently bonded sulfamic acid as a heterogeneous catalyst for highly efficient conversion of levulinic acid into n-butyl levulinate biofuels

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Optimization of levulinic acid conversion into methyl levulinate via methyl esterification catalyzed with aluminum sulfate

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Magnetic N-Doped Carbon Nanotubes Immobilized Zirconium-Based Biomass-Derived Hybrid for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Ethyl Levulinate

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Sustainable Continuous Synthesis of Methyl Levulinate in a Rotating Catalytic-Bed Recycle Reactor: Reaction Kinetics, Process Scale-Up, Engine Performance, and Exhaust Emission

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Directional Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Carbohydrates into High Added‐value Levulinates with Bifunctionalized Metal‐supported Carbon‐based Catalyst

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One-pot assembly of sulfated lignin/Zr coordination polymer for efficient alcoholysis of furfuryl alcohol to methyl levulinate

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Effects of different pretreatments on catalytic conversion of biomass to methyl levulinate over P-doped CoS2

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Microwave-induced plasma-assisted regeneration of saturated deactivated activated carbon: A rapid, green and efficient approach

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Alcoholysis of High-Solid xylose residue for methyl levulinate preparation and its kinetics

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Preparation of Bio‐Based Long‐Chain Dicarboxylic Acid Ester Precursors Catalyzed by Protic Ionic Liquids

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Avocado Seeds Waste Bioconversion into Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) by Cobetia Amphilecti, Using Ethyl Levulinate as a Green Extractant

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Production of methyl levulinate from cellulose over cobalt disulfide: The importance of the crystal facet (111)

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Controllable design of phosphorus-doped cobalt sulfide for catalytic conversion of cellulose to methyl levulinate: The importance of Co3+/Co2+ ratio

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Controllable preparation of biomass-derived activated carbon for targeted adsorption of phenolic substances in crude wood vinegar

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The importance of cobalt disulfide morphology for cellulose depolymerization: Hydrogenolysis versus acid catalysis

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Directional methanolysis of kitchen waste for the co-production of methyl levulinate and fatty acid methyl esters: Catalytic strategy and machine learning modeling

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Insights on butyl levulinate bio-blendstock: From model sugars to paper mill waste cellulose as feedstocks for a sustainable catalytic butanolysis process

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Influence of the surface SO3H groups on the performance of activated carbon catalyst for ethanolysis of furfuryl alcohol to ethyl levulinate

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Catalytic strategies for the direct transformation of biomass-derived glucose into levulinate esters: A brief review

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Improved production of methyl levulinate from catalytic conversion of cellulose over cobalt sulfide by nickel doping

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Titania Nanotubes-Bonded Sulfamic Acid as an Efficient Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Synthesis of n-Butyl Levulinate

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Understanding How Hβ Zeolite in Dimethoxymethane-Containing Medium Efficiently Coconverts Glucose and Xylose to Methyl Levulinate

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Application of Catalysts in the Conversion of Biomass and Its Derivatives

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Effect of Phosphorus Precursor, Reduction Temperature, and Support on the Catalytic Properties of Nickel Phosphide Catalysts in Continuous-Flow Reductive Amination of Ethyl Levulinate

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Unraveling lignin's structural features for catalytic oxidative depolymerization and enhanced renewable resource utilization

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A Review of Hydrothermal Biomass Liquefaction: Operating Parameters, Reaction Mechanism, and Bio-Oil Yields and Compositions

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