Front Cover: Selective Cellulose Hydrogenolysis to Ethanol Using Ni@C Combined with Phosphoric Acid Catalysts (ChemSusChem 17/2019)

The Front Cover shows the conversion of renewable biomass into cellulosic ethanol in water over Ni@C catalyst under mild conditions. This conversion bears similarity to the fantastic process of the alchemy furnace in Chinese mythology. Upon adding biomass under the action of water, heat, and catalyst, a wonderful chemical reaction occurs to obtain the ethanol. In this work, a new approach is developed for one‐pot production of cellulosic ethanol from renewable and sustainable cellulose. With the aid of Ni@C catalyst and H 3 PO 4 , cellulose is directly converted into ethanol with a high yield of 69.1 %, and an ethanol concentration up to 89 g L −1 . More information can be found in the Full Paper by Q Liu et al. on page 3977 in Issue 17, 2019 (DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201901110).