Biomass Materials: Conversion Routes and Modern Applications
A special issue of Processes (ISSN 2227-9717). This special issue belongs to the section "Chemical Processes and Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 August 2023) | Viewed by 1879
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomass; delignification; ethanol production
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Interests: biomass conversion; CO2 valorization; catalysis; energy storage; hydrogen technologies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomass constitutes an abundant and renewable carbon resource that can be processed to produce many valuable products, platform chemicals, biofuels, and energy. As an alternative to fossil feedstocks, the utilization of biomass as raw material to obtain carbon-based end products offers the benefits of a sustainable chemical industry and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions.
Existing biomass conversion processes include chemical, thermochemical, catalytic, and enzymatic treatments. Current societal needs and transition towards a circular economy place a focus on the utilization of biomass wastes and residues as raw material. In turn, waste processing poses a significant challenge, requiring the development of novel conversion routes and/or the intensification of existing ones before they become economically viable.
In this Special Issue we welcome both original research and review papers dealing with novel materials derived from biomass waste, as well as works concerned with conversion optimization strategies and modeling. Papers dealing with technologies for the catalytic conversion of lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks into fuels and chemicals are encouraged. Papers describing novel routes for the upgrading of easily obtained biomass-derived molecules (e.g., levulinic acid, furanics, lactones) into advanced biofuels and chemicals are also valuable.
You may choose our Joint Special Issue in Materials.
Prof. Dr. Mauricio Zurita-Gotor
Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomass conversion
- biomaterials
- catalysis
- lignocellulosic biomass
- enzymatic hydrolysis
- waste valorization
