Advanced Functional Solid Catalysts for Biomass Valorization - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 012820236X ISBN 13: 9780128202364

Publisher: Elsevier, 2020

Synopsis

Advanced Functional Solid Catalysts for Biomass Valorization presents the basic concepts in catalysis, types of catalysis (homogeneous, heterogeneous and enzymatic) and the unique properties of various heterogeneous solid catalysts, including their structure, porosity, surface area, acid-base, and redox properties. Useful information about biomass production, types of biomass feedstocks available, their structures and properties as well as several chemical transformations needed for the efficient biomass upgrading to useful fuels and chemicals is provided in this book. Above all, this book covers the most recent developments towards 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.

This book therefore covers the most significant recent advances in biomass valorization using functional solid catalysts. Current challenges and opportunities for the future biorefineries as well as for the rational design of advanced functional solid catalysts is critically discussed

• Describes Catalysis as a promising technology for the development of eco-friendly, 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 compared to homogeneous liquid catalysts
• Provides 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

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About the Authors

Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain is an adjunct professor and lab director in the Department of Chemistry & Environmental Sciences at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), United States. His research is focused on sustainability, nanotechnology & 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 several 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.

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 012820236X
• ISBN 13: 9780128202364
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 274
• Editor: Mustansar Hussain Chaudhery, Sudarsanam Putla