Xinyu Bai

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 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.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel reaction system consisting of heterogeneous catalyst with reduced Bronsted acidity and ionic liquid 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium bromide (EMIMBr) to achieve the efficient conversion of high-concentration glucose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) was developed.

TL;DR: In this article, a dual reaction center ZnO@FePc photo-Fenton catalysts with high-speed electron transmission channel were designed through surface hydroxyl-induced assembly.

TL;DR: In this article, a triple tandem pathway consisting of maltose, cellobiose and starch to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) was used to transform carbohydrates to HMF via tandem catalysis in heterogeneous catalytic system.