Open AccessRecent progress in conversion of carbohydrate biomass and their derivatives to γ-valerolactone
Author(s) -
Yalin Guo,
Qiancai Yang,
Pengfei Guo,
Guodong Yao,
Fangming Jin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/446/2/022035
Subject(s) - biomass (ecology) , renewable energy , renewable resource , environmental science , hydrogen , fossil fuel , chemistry , catalysis , production (economics) , carbohydrate , pulp and paper industry , biochemical engineering , waste management , organic chemistry , engineering , ecology , biology , economics , macroeconomics
Biomass, the only renewable resources of fixed carbon, shows great potential to ease the pressure on fossil energy crisis. In recent years, conversion of carbohydrate biomass into value-added products has been vastly reported. Gamma (γ)-valerolactone (GVL), which is one of the platform chemicals, has been extensively used in industrial production. Recent trends proposed an eco-friendly processing using water and biomass-derived materials as hydrogen sources instead of high-pressure and high-purity gaseous hydrogen, avoiding storage, transportation and operation risk in the production. This review summarizes the progress in GVL production from carbohydrate biomass and highlights the novel green approach by using green reductants and non-noble-metal catalysts.