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Advanced Functional Solid Catalysts for Biomass Valorization

  • 1st Edition - May 29, 2020
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, Putla Sudarsanam
  • Language: English

Advanced Functional Solid Catalysts for Biomass Valorization presents the basic concepts in catalysis (homogeneous, heterogeneous, and enzymatic) and the properties of various k… Read more

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Description

Advanced Functional Solid Catalysts for Biomass Valorization presents the basic concepts in catalysis (homogeneous, heterogeneous, and enzymatic) and the properties of various kinds of heterogeneous solid catalysts, including their structure, porosity, particle size, BET surface area, acid-base, and redox properties. Useful information about biorefineries, types of biomass feedstocks, their structures and properties as well as about several potential catalytic routes for biomass upgrading to useful fuels and chemicals is provided in this book. Importantly, this book covers the most recent developments toward functionalization of various solid catalysts, optimization of catalysts’ properties, developing cascade catalytic strategies, exploring reaction kinetics/mechanisms, and evaluating catalysts’ stability/reusability during biomass upgrading. Current challenges and opportunities for the future biorefineries as well as for the design of advanced functional solid catalysts are critically discussed.

Key features

  • Describes catalysis as a promising technology for the development of eco-friendly and economically viable strategies for several important energy and environmental applications.
  • Covers heterogeneous solid catalysts because of their versatile benefits in terms of catalysts’ synthesis, production cost, stability, and reusability as compared to homogeneous liquid catalysts.
  • Provides promising strategies for the design of new catalytic materials, such as carbon materials, metal–organic frameworks, zeolites, and mesoporous silicas.
  • Describes functional solid catalysts for developing one-pot cascade processes for efficient biomass valorization and other vital chemical transformations.

Readership

researchers/students, including (physical) chemists and chemical engineers, graduate and post-graduate students, PhDs and postdoc fellows related to the fields of heterogeneous catalysis, biomass valorization, zeolites, carbon-based catalysts, MOFs, porous SiO2 materials, biofuels, bio-derived solvents and fine chemicals.

Table of contents

1. The role of catalysis in green synthesis of chemicals for sustainable future

2. Production techniques of functional solid catalysts

3. Properties of functional solid catalysts and their characterization using various analytical techniques

4. Classification, characterization, and properties of edible and non-edible biomass feedstocks

5. Heteroatom modified carbon nanomaterials as metal-free catalysts for lignocellulosic carbohydrate valorization

6. Zeolite-related catalysts for biomass-derived sugar valorization

7. Mesoporous silica-related catalysts for biomass valorization

8. Metal-organic frameworks-based catalysts for biomass valorization

9. Functional magnetic catalysts for the synthesis of biomass-derived fuels and chemicals

10. Challenges and future prospects in heterogeneous catalysis for biorefinery technologies

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: May 29, 2020
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain

Prof. Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain, PhD, is an adjunct professor and director of laboratories in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, New Jersey, United States. His research focuses on sustainability, the applications of nanotechnology and advanced materials, environmental management, analytical chemistry and other various industries. Dr. Hussain is the author of numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals as well as a prolific author and editor of around 200 books, including scientific monographs and handbooks in his research areas. He has published with ELSEVIER, American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, CRC Press, and Springer.

Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Professor and Director of Chemistry & EVSC Labs, Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ, USA

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Putla Sudarsanam

Dr. Putla Sudarsanam is a Scientist at the Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, India. He obtained his PhD in Chemistry, 2015 from CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana, India. He has published about 55 peer-reviewed journal articles and 4 book chapters (Citations: 2150 and H-index: 30). His research mainly focuses on developing advanced solid catalysts for biomass valorization, CO2-to-chemicals conversion, and environmental catalysis. He has been honored for his outstanding contributions with numerous prestigious awards/fellowships, including Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship-2016 (Belgium), Leibniz-DAAD Postdoc Fellowship-2016 (Germany), Best PhD Thesis Award-2015 (The Catalysis Society of India), EuropaCat PhD Student Award-2013 (XIth European Congress on Catalysis, France), and Endeavour Research Fellowship-2013 (Australia).
Affiliations and expertise
Scientist, Catalysis Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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