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CC BY 4.0 · Sustainability & Circularity NOW 2025; 02: a25944775
DOI: 10.1055/a-2594-4775
DOI: 10.1055/a-2594-4775
Circular and Sustainable Biomass and CO2 Utilization
Review
Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Model Molecules to Value-Added Chemicals
Funding Information This work is financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22372029), Jilin province science and technology development plan (YDZJ202401334ZYTS), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2412022QD020, 2412022ZD055).
Abstract
Given the global energy crisis and the environmental issues, it is essential to explore sustainable and renewable resources as an alternative to traditional fossil fuels. Biomass can efficiently generate a range of high value-added chemicals and fuels through catalytic hydrogenation. Biomass thermocatalytic hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation are effective, but some of the processes are energy-intensive, while photocatalytic hydrogenation reactions of biomass provide new opportunities for their environmental friendliness and cost effectiveness. In this review, we focus on the recent advances in the production of value-added chemicals from biomass-derived model molecules using photocatalytic hydrogenation and photocatalytic reactions involving active hydrogen. The advantages of photocatalytic technology and the mechanism of photocatalytic hydrogenation have been introduced in detail. Subsequently, the recent research process on the conversion of some typical model molecules is discussed. Then the types and constructions of the efficient photocatalyst, the influence of hydrogen source and solvent selection on the catalytic performance are summarized. Finally, the challenges and opportunities for the future photocatalytic hydrogenation of biomass are also proposed.
Keywords
Biomass - Selective hydrogenation - Photocatalysis - Hydrodeoxygenation - Metal-semiconductor catalystPublication History
Received: 30 January 2025
Accepted after revision: 31 March 2025
Accepted Manuscript online:
24 April 2025
Article published online:
21 May 2025
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Bibliographical Record
Rui Du, Chao Zhang. Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Model Molecules to Value-Added Chemicals. Sustainability & Circularity NOW 2025; 02: a25944775.
DOI: 10.1055/a-2594-4775
Rui Du, Chao Zhang. Photocatalytic Hydrogenation of Biomass-Derived Model Molecules to Value-Added Chemicals. Sustainability & Circularity NOW 2025; 02: a25944775.
DOI: 10.1055/a-2594-4775
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