Horizons in Sustainable Industrial Chemistry and Catalysis, Volume 178, presents a comprehensive picture of recent developments in terms of sustainable industrial processes and the catalytic needs and opportunities to develop these novel routes. Each chapter includes an introduction and state-of-the-art in the field, along with a series of specific aspects and examples. The book identifies new opportunities for research that will help us transition to low carbon and sustainable energy and chemical production. Users will find an integrated view of the new possibilities in this area that unleashes new possibilities in energy and chemistry.
1. Introduction - p. xiii 2. Introduction to Section 1: Solar-Driven Energy and Chemical Production - p. i 3. Section 1: Solar-Driven Energy and Chemical Production - p. iii 4. Chapter 1: Production of Solar Fuels Using CO2 - p. iii 5. Chapter 2: Electrochemical Dinitrogen Activation: To Find a Sustainable Way to Produce Ammonia - p. 30 6. Chapter 3: Photoproduction of Ammonia - p. 46 7. Chapter 4: Visible Light-Driven Catalysts for Water Oxidation: Towards Solar Fuel Biorefineries - p. 63 8. Chapter 5: CO2 Methanation: Principles and Challenges - p. 84 9. Chapter 6: CO2 as a Building Block for the Catalytic Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids - p. 103 10. Chapter 7: Conversion of CO2 to Valuable Chemicals: Organic Carbonate as Green Candidates for the Replacement of Noxious Reactants - p. 124 11. Introduction to Section 2: Bio-Based Processes and Beyond - p. 145 12. Section 2: Bio-Based Processes and Beyond - p. 146 13. Chapter 8: On the R&D Landscape Evolution in Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass - p. 146 14. Chapter 9: 1,2-Propylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol Production From Lignocellulosic Biomass - p. 171 15. Chapter 10: Hydrogen Transfer Reaction as an Alternative Reductive Process for the Valorization of Biomass-Derived Building Blocks - p. 193 16. Chapter 11: Terpenes: A Valuable Family of Compounds for the Production of Fine Chemicals - p. 214 17. Chapter 12: Development of Upgraded Bio-Oil Via Liquefaction and Pyrolysis - p. 229 18. Chapter 13: Heterogeneous Catalysis as a Tool for Production of Aromatic Compounds From Lignin - p. 256 19. Introduction to Section 3: Advanced Sustainable Chemical Processes and Catalysts for Environment Protection - p. 277 20. Section 3: Advanced Sustainable Chemical Processes and Catalysts for Environment Protection - p. 278 21. Chapter 14: Spinel Mixed Oxides for Chemical-Loop Reforming: From Solid State to Potential Application - p. 278 22. Chapter 15: Structured Catalysts-Based on Open-Cell Metallic Foams for Energy and Environmental Applications - p. 302 23. Chapter 16: Advances in Cleaning Mobile Emissions: NOx-Assisted Soot Oxidation in Light-Duty Diesel Engine Vehicle Application - p. 327 24. Introduction to Section 4: New Advanced Catalytic Materials - p. 353 25. Section 4: New Advanced Catalytic Materials - p. 353 26. Chapter 17: Alginate: A Versatile Biopolymer for Functional Advanced Materials for Catalysis - p. 353 27. Chapter 18: Unconventional Pathways for Designing Silica-Supported Pt and Pd Catalysts With Hierarchical Porosity - p. 375 28. Chapter 19: Well-Defined Nanoparticles for Model Studies in Sustainable Industrial Chemistry - p. 397 29. Index - p. 417
Horizons in Sustainable Industrial Chemistry and Catalysis, Volume 178, presents a comprehensive picture of recent developments in terms of sustainable industrial processes and the catalytic needs and opportunities to develop these novel routes. Each chapter includes an introduction and state-of-the-art in the field, along with a series of specific aspects and examples. The book identifies new opportunities for research that will help us transition to low carbon and sustainable energy and chemical production. Users will find an integrated view of the new possibilities in this area that unleashes new possibilities in energy and chemistry.
1. Introduction - p. xiii 2. Introduction to Section 1: Solar-Driven Energy and Chemical Production - p. i 3. Section 1: Solar-Driven Energy and Chemical Production - p. iii 4. Chapter 1: Production of Solar Fuels Using CO2 - p. iii 5. Chapter 2: Electrochemical Dinitrogen Activation: To Find a Sustainable Way to Produce Ammonia - p. 30 6. Chapter 3: Photoproduction of Ammonia - p. 46 7. Chapter 4: Visible Light-Driven Catalysts for Water Oxidation: Towards Solar Fuel Biorefineries - p. 63 8. Chapter 5: CO2 Methanation: Principles and Challenges - p. 84 9. Chapter 6: CO2 as a Building Block for the Catalytic Synthesis of Carboxylic Acids - p. 103 10. Chapter 7: Conversion of CO2 to Valuable Chemicals: Organic Carbonate as Green Candidates for the Replacement of Noxious Reactants - p. 124 11. Introduction to Section 2: Bio-Based Processes and Beyond - p. 145 12. Section 2: Bio-Based Processes and Beyond - p. 146 13. Chapter 8: On the R&D Landscape Evolution in Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass - p. 146 14. Chapter 9: 1,2-Propylene Glycol and Ethylene Glycol Production From Lignocellulosic Biomass - p. 171 15. Chapter 10: Hydrogen Transfer Reaction as an Alternative Reductive Process for the Valorization of Biomass-Derived Building Blocks - p. 193 16. Chapter 11: Terpenes: A Valuable Family of Compounds for the Production of Fine Chemicals - p. 214 17. Chapter 12: Development of Upgraded Bio-Oil Via Liquefaction and Pyrolysis - p. 229 18. Chapter 13: Heterogeneous Catalysis as a Tool for Production of Aromatic Compounds From Lignin - p. 256 19. Introduction to Section 3: Advanced Sustainable Chemical Processes and Catalysts for Environment Protection - p. 277 20. Section 3: Advanced Sustainable Chemical Processes and Catalysts for Environment Protection - p. 278 21. Chapter 14: Spinel Mixed Oxides for Chemical-Loop Reforming: From Solid State to Potential Application - p. 278 22. Chapter 15: Structured Catalysts-Based on Open-Cell Metallic Foams for Energy and Environmental Applications - p. 302 23. Chapter 16: Advances in Cleaning Mobile Emissions: NOx-Assisted Soot Oxidation in Light-Duty Diesel Engine Vehicle Application - p. 327 24. Introduction to Section 4: New Advanced Catalytic Materials - p. 353 25. Section 4: New Advanced Catalytic Materials - p. 353 26. Chapter 17: Alginate: A Versatile Biopolymer for Functional Advanced Materials for Catalysis - p. 353 27. Chapter 18: Unconventional Pathways for Designing Silica-Supported Pt and Pd Catalysts With Hierarchical Porosity - p. 375 28. Chapter 19: Well-Defined Nanoparticles for Model Studies in Sustainable Industrial Chemistry - p. 397 29. Index - p. 417
