Catalytic conversion of biomass

Abstract

Resource scarcity and increasing climate change have brought attention to the need for sustainable and renewable resources. Biomass is an earth-rich material with great potential as a feedstock for alternative fuels and chemicals. In order to utilize biomass efficiently, such biopolymers must be depolymerized and converted into key structural units and/or target products, and biological or chemical catalysts are often used for fast and energy-efficient reactions. This paper presents recent advances in the catalytic conversion of biomass into biofuels and value-added products. Hydrodeoxygenation is an important and unique method for converting biomass and biomass-derived oxygenated chemicals into high value-added chemicals and fuels. However, the synthesis of catalysts with excellent hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation performance at the same time remains a great challenge.