Themed collection Virtual Collections—Biomass

Acetalization serves as both a synthesis tool for renewable cyclic acetal fuel additives and a protection strategy to improve selectivity in biomass conversion.

A systematic summary on the current state-of-art of the formation, identification, and further valorization of oligomeric products during various lignin depolymerization processes.

The catalytic conversion networks for lignocellulose valorization including reaction routes, reaction types and key steps are comprehensively reviewed. The issues that need to be addressed for large-scale application are proposed.

Co-SA/3DOM-NC catalysts with a three-dimensional ordered macropore structure and highly dispersed CoN₄ sites are successfully fabricated, and show high catalytic activity and selectivity in the oxidative esterification of furfural.