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High-value utilization of biomass-derived sources

Utilization,biomass,biofuels,waste

A voluminous body of work over the past several decades has been devoted to searching renewable energy to replace the limited fossil fuel sources and reduce the associated environmental issues [1-3]. Replacing fossil fuels with environmentally-friendly and sustainable alternative sources of energy have exhibited promising aspects over the last decades [4-5]. Among the renewable energy sources, biomass is very attractive due to its wide distribution, low-cost and carbon-neutrality [2,6]. It has the burgeoning potential for integration with the current world energy infrastructure. In this talk, we will show how to catalytic conversion of biomass-derived monomers (six carbon sugar) into platform chemicals and further upgrading into biofuels, whereby metal nanoparticles are controllably synthesized by supercritical carbon dioxide deposition method. The levulinic acid platform chemical can be selectively produced, where it can be further upgraded into biofuels gamma-valerolactone and valerate biofuels. The solvent effect and metal effect deciding the products distribution. This work was supported by National Ten Thousand Plan, National Key R&D Program of China (2018YFD0800700), National Natural Science Foundation of China (21776324), and “Hundred Talent Plan”.