Hou Qidong

TL;DR: In this article, a review describes the recent advances in the design and development of catalytic systems for the conversion of biomass and their constituent carbohydrates to HMF via hydrolysis, isomerization and dehydration reactions, and the upgrading of HMF towards polymer monomers, fine chemicals, fuel precursors, fuel additives, liquid fuels, and other platform chemicals via hydrogenation, oxidation, esterification, etherification, amination and aldol condensation reactions, with emphasis on how the catalysts, solvents and reaction conditions determine the reaction pathway and product

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of different coinage metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium loaded on TiO2 were prepared by photo-deposition and characterized by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, photoluminescence emission, and Xray photoelectron spectrography.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of metal oxides and metal phosphates were investigated as heterogeneous catalyst to convert glucose into HMF in the ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3methylimidazolium bromide (EMIMBr).

TL;DR: An overview on the applications of ionic liquids (ILs) and IL-based solvent systems in the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass is given.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an overview on the conversion of plastic wastes toward value-added products and the catalytic degradation of nonrecoverable plastic wastes, which is another necessity to treat the omnipresent pollution.