Valorization of Renewable Carbon Resources for Chemicals

Authors

  • Xi Chen Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore
  • Bin Zhang Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore
  • Yunzhu Wang Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore
  • Ning Yan Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117585, Singapore. ning.yan@nus.edu.sg

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.2015.120

Keywords:

Biomass, Catalysis, Cellulose, Chitin, Lignin, Renewable chemicals

Abstract

The overuse of fossil fuels has caused an energy crisis and associated environment issues. It is desirable to utilize renewable resources for the production of chemicals. This review mainly introduces our recent work on the transformation of renewable carbon resources including the conversion of cellulose, lignin, and chitin into sustainable chemicals. Various transformation routes have been established to form value-added chemicals, and accordingly a variety of effective catalytic systems have been developed, either based on metal catalysis and/or acid-base catalysis, to enable the desired transformation.
CHIMIA Vol. 69 No. 3 (2015): Singapore - Swiss Connections

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Published

2015-03-25

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Vol. 69 No. 3 (2015): Singapore - Swiss Connections

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Scientific Articles

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Copyright (c) 2015 Swiss Chemical Society

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How to Cite

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X. Chen, B. Zhang, Y. Wang, N. Yan, Chimia 2015, 69, 120, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.2015.120.