TY - JOUR
T1 - Catalytic transformation of cellulose into platform chemicals
AU - Yabushita, Mizuho
AU - Kobayashi, Hirokazu
AU - Fukuoka, Atsushi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by Grant-in-Aid Scientific Research (KAKENHI, 20226016 ) by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) .
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - Conversion of biomass to renewable and valuable chemicals has attracted global interest in order to build up sustainable societies. Cellulose is the most abundant and non-food biomass; however, the low reactivity of cellulose has prevented its use in chemical industry except for the paper manufacturing. The heterogeneous catalysis for the conversion of cellulose has been expected to overcome this issue, because various types of heterogeneous catalysts can be designed and applied in a wide range of reaction conditions. Furthermore, solid catalysts are easily recovered and reused. In this review article, we show the present situation and perspective of heterogeneous catalysis for the transformation of cellulose into useful platform chemicals.
AB - Conversion of biomass to renewable and valuable chemicals has attracted global interest in order to build up sustainable societies. Cellulose is the most abundant and non-food biomass; however, the low reactivity of cellulose has prevented its use in chemical industry except for the paper manufacturing. The heterogeneous catalysis for the conversion of cellulose has been expected to overcome this issue, because various types of heterogeneous catalysts can be designed and applied in a wide range of reaction conditions. Furthermore, solid catalysts are easily recovered and reused. In this review article, we show the present situation and perspective of heterogeneous catalysis for the transformation of cellulose into useful platform chemicals.
KW - Biomass
KW - Cellulose
KW - Glucose
KW - Heterogeneous catalysts
KW - Sugar alcohols
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.01.052
DO - 10.1016/j.apcatb.2013.01.052
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84885474508
SN - 0926-3373
VL - 145
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
JF - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
ER -
