Biomass Conversion and High-Value Utilization
- 1st Edition - July 1, 2025
- Editors: Kai Yan, Rongliang Qiu, Shizhong Wang
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 3 9 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 3 3 4 0 - 8
Biomass Conversion and High-Value Utilization provides the theoretical foundations, methods, and latest applications on the conversion and utilization of biomass for bioene… Read more
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Request a sales quote- Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of pre-treatment technology of biomass resources and explains their methodologies
- Presents the design and synthesis of efficient catalysts for the catalytic conversion of biomass-based platform molecules to high value fuels and chemicals
- Explores the most recent advances and state-of-the-art in the application of biomass-based carbon materials for energy and electronics
Part I Efficient Conversion of Biomass Resources
2. Biofuel production from biomass by gasification technology
3. Microwave-assisted pyrolysis of lignocellulosic biomass for bioenergy recovery
4. Lignin depolymerization towards aromatic chemicals
5. Furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from biomass: synthesis and application
6. Levulinic acid as a bridge molecule connecting biorefinery and petroleum refining
7. Valorization of glycerol: from biodiesel byproduct to value-added chemicals
8. Sustainable production of liquid biofuel from microalgae biomass
9. Integrating chemical and biological processes for biomass conversion
Part II Versatile Utilization of Functional Carbon Materials Derived from Biomass
10. Biomass-derived carbonaceous catalysts for biodiesel production
11. Biomass-derived functional carbon materials for metal-air batteries
12. Biomass-derived functional carbon materials for electrochemical sensors
13. Biomass-derived functional carbon materials for flexible wearable electronics
14. Potential applications for functional biomass-derived carbon materials
- No. of pages: 350
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: July 1, 2025
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443333392
- eBook ISBN: 9780443333408
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Kai Yan
Prof. Kai Yan is a full professor at the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University. He received his Ph.D. degree from the Max-Planck-Institute for Coal Research and RWTH Aachen University in 2011. Then he obtained an Ontario Government Postdoctoral Fellowship at Lakehead University (2012-2013) and joined Brown University as a postdoctoral research associate (2013–2016). His current interests mainly include biomass conversion and nanostructured materials for clean energy and environment-related applications. He has published more than 100 SCI papers in international academic journals, such as Nature Rev. Phys., Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., Appl. Catal. B, ACS Catal., AICHE J. He has severed as the editorial board member/young editorial board member of Green Energy Environ., Current Green Chem., Chin. Chem. Lett., Biochar, eScience, etc. Furthermore, he has received the International IAAM Medal, the First Prize of Science and Technology Progress of the Ministry of Education, the RSC Top 1% Highly cited Scholar, and the Science and Technology Award of Guangdong Environmental Society.
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Rongliang Qiu
Prof. Rongliang QIU is the vice president of South China Agricultural University (2020-) and the director of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Agricultural & Rural Pollution Abatement and Environmental Safety. He has been included in world's top 2% Scientists (2020-2022), Elsevier Most Cited Chinese Researchers (2021-2022), and ResearchCom Best Scientists (2021-2022). Additionally, he is member of the Editorial Board of Environmental Science & Technology, and Journal of Soils and Sediments.
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