Producing Fuels and Fine Chemicals from Biomass Using Nanomaterials

Rafael Luque, Ph.D., has significant experience in biomass and waste valorization practices to materials, fuels, and chemicals over the past ten years. He has published more than 180 research articles, filed three patent applications, and edited five books. Rafael is also a member of the editorial advisory board of several journals including Chemical Society Reviews, Catalysis Communications, Current Organic Synthesis, Current Green Chemistry, Journal of Technology Innovations in Renewable Energy, and Sustainable Chemical Processes. He co-founded the spinoff companies Starbon® Technologies, York, UK (2011), and Green Applied Solutions S.L., Cordoba, Spain (2012).Alina Mariana Balu, Ph.D., received her PhD in 2012 from Universidad de Cordoba, Spain. Her work focuses on alternative and greener methodologies in chemistry, including novel technologies for materials preparation, the production of biofuels, and photocatalysis—a greener alternative for the production of chemicals and energy. Balu has coauthored 35 scientific papers and presented at more than 30 international conferences. She was recently awarded a Marie Currie Intra-European Fellowship (2013).

• Introduction to Production of Valuable Compounds from Biomass and Waste Valorization Using Nanomaterials. Section I: Nanomaterials for Energy Storage and Conversion. Green Carbon Nanomaterials: From Biomass to Carbon. Carbon Materials and Their Energy Conversion and Storage Applications. Solar Energy Storage with Nanomaterials. Section II: Biofuels from Biomass Valorization Using Nanomaterials. Catalytic Reforming of Biogas into Syngas Using Supported Noble-Metal and Transition-Metal Catalysts. Sulphated Inorganic Oxides for Methyl Esters Production: Traditional and Ultrasound-Assisted Techniques. Nanoheterogeneous Design of Biocatalysts for Biomass Valorization. Section III: Production of High-Added-Value Chemicals from Biomass Using Nanomaterials. Nanostructured Solid Catalysts in the Conversion of Cellulose and Cellulose-Derived Platform Chemicals. Chemocatalytic Processes for the Production of Bio-Based Chemicals from Carbohydrates. Synthesis of Fine Chemicals Using Catalytic Nanomaterials: Structure Sensitivity. Tunable Biomass Transformations by Means of Photocatalytic Nanomaterials. Index.