Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production
Summary: Biomass is the only renewable organic carbon resource in nature, and utilization of biomass is important for carbon neutrality. Currently, depolymerizing biomass macromolecules into small organic monomers via thermocatalytic pyrolysis is a well-established technique. Further valorization of...
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| description | Summary: Biomass is the only renewable organic carbon resource in nature, and utilization of biomass is important for carbon neutrality. Currently, depolymerizing biomass macromolecules into small organic monomers via thermocatalytic pyrolysis is a well-established technique. Further valorization of these biomass small molecules to value-added products has attracted increasing attention, especially via electrochemistry coupling green electricity. Electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) directly uses hydrogen from water and operates under mild conditions (e.g., ambient temperature and pressure), which plays an important role for upgrading biomass small molecules and avoids substantial CO2 emission. In this review, we will provide a summary of recent achievements in ECH of biomass small molecules, with a review focus on the research about pushing ECH toward industrial-scale productivities. We will also discuss the existing problems and challenges in this field and propose an outlook for the future developments. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9fa5ad0edb13418d873fb49f40b312e12025-02-12T05:31:40ZengElsevieriScience2589-00422025-02-01282111908Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial productionYuchen Lei0Fuhai Zhang1Wenbin Zhang2Wei Zhao3Institute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, ChinaDepartment of Chemistry, Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13346, United StatesInstitute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, ChinaInstitute for Advanced Study, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China; Corresponding authorSummary: Biomass is the only renewable organic carbon resource in nature, and utilization of biomass is important for carbon neutrality. Currently, depolymerizing biomass macromolecules into small organic monomers via thermocatalytic pyrolysis is a well-established technique. Further valorization of these biomass small molecules to value-added products has attracted increasing attention, especially via electrochemistry coupling green electricity. Electrocatalytic hydrogenation (ECH) directly uses hydrogen from water and operates under mild conditions (e.g., ambient temperature and pressure), which plays an important role for upgrading biomass small molecules and avoids substantial CO2 emission. In this review, we will provide a summary of recent achievements in ECH of biomass small molecules, with a review focus on the research about pushing ECH toward industrial-scale productivities. We will also discuss the existing problems and challenges in this field and propose an outlook for the future developments.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225001683ChemistryCatalysisElectrochemistryBiocatalysis |
| spellingShingle | Yuchen Lei Fuhai Zhang Wenbin Zhang Wei Zhao Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production iScience Chemistry Catalysis Electrochemistry Biocatalysis |
| title | Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production |
| title_full | Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production |
| title_fullStr | Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production |
| title_short | Development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production |
| title_sort | development status of electrocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass small molecules and prospects for industrial production |
| topic | Chemistry Catalysis Electrochemistry Biocatalysis |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004225001683 |
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