Feng Shen

TL;DR: The phosphate adsorbed CaO-biochar composites can be directly applied as a slow-release fertilizer to farmland soil, which have the functions of improving soil physical structure, increasing soil fertility, and regulating soil pH.

TL;DR: In this paper, a black liquor-derived porous carbon (N-BLPC) was synthesized using KOH as both lignin extraction solvent and chemical activation agent, which can increase the surface area (2646m 2 ǫg −1 ), pore volume (1.285cm 3 Â g −1 ) and promote the formation of nitrogen covalent bonds in the carbon materials.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of the latest advances in the mechanochemical conversion of biomass into chemicals and carbon materials is presented, where the initial pretreatment of biomass, catalytic transformation process of biomass and synthesis of biomass-derived carbon materials (ordered mesoporous carbons, hierarchically porous carbons and carbon/metal composites) are discussed in detail.

TL;DR: In this article, a cellulase-mimetic solid acid catalyst was used to produce 51.5% levulinic acid in 12 h without the use of sulfuric acid and showed that the cellulose binding sites (−Cl) and catalytic sites (−SO3H) are key to the activity of the catalyst.

TL;DR: In this article, a simple but highly efficient chemocatalytic process was reported for the production of lactic acid from glucose in the presence of Ba(OH)2 under a nitrogen atmosphere at 1 bar total pressure.