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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
K. K. Pant et al. (eds.), Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental
Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65017-9_19
Efficient Nanocomposite Catalysts
for Sustainable Production of Biofuels
and Chemicals from Furanics
Mallesham Baithy, Deepak Raikwar, and Debaprasad Shee
Abstract In recent decade, the depletion of the finite fossil fuels and their consumptions related to environmental concerns have spearheaded the development of
alternative routes for the production of energy and chemicals from renewable
sources in sustainable manner and without causing a harmful effect to the environment. The biomass is the only organic carbon bearing renewable resource with the
potential to produce energy and chemicals in a sustainable manner. The efficient
transformation of biomass into biofuels and valued chemicals can take place from
thermo-physical and thermo-chemical processes by various catalysts. The biomassderived furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) are important furanic platform molecules, which can be further catalytically converted to biofuels/fuel
additives and chemicals in integrated biorefinery. Hence, the carefully formulated
various heterogeneous catalysts are expected to play a pivotal role for the development of green valorization processes of biomass-derived furfural and
5- hydroxymethylfurfural into valued chemicals and advanced biofuels/fuel additives under relatively mild conditions. The valorization processes can involve many
types of reactions such as hydrogenation of the C=O bond, hydrogenation of the
furan ring, oxidation, amination, condensation, and coupling. For these reactions,
the catalytic materials have been classified into two subgroups such as metal and
mixed metal oxide-based nanocomposite materials to discuss their physicochemical
properties and active sites toward selective transformation of furfural and HMF into
the desired products using appropriate references.
Keywords Biomass conversion · Biofuels · Furfural · 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural ·
Furanics
M. Baithy · D. Raikwar · D. Shee (*)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad,
Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
e-mail: dshee@che.iith.ac.in
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
K. K. Pant et al. (eds.), Catalysis for Clean Energy and Environmental
Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65017-9_19
Efficient Nanocomposite Catalysts
for Sustainable Production of Biofuels
and Chemicals from Furanics
Mallesham Baithy, Deepak Raikwar, and Debaprasad Shee
Abstract In recent decade, the depletion of the finite fossil fuels and their consumptions related to environmental concerns have spearheaded the development of
alternative routes for the production of energy and chemicals from renewable
sources in sustainable manner and without causing a harmful effect to the environment. The biomass is the only organic carbon bearing renewable resource with the
potential to produce energy and chemicals in a sustainable manner. The efficient
transformation of biomass into biofuels and valued chemicals can take place from
thermo-physical and thermo-chemical processes by various catalysts. The biomassderived furfural and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) are important furanic platform molecules, which can be further catalytically converted to biofuels/fuel
additives and chemicals in integrated biorefinery. Hence, the carefully formulated
various heterogeneous catalysts are expected to play a pivotal role for the development of green valorization processes of biomass-derived furfural and
5- hydroxymethylfurfural into valued chemicals and advanced biofuels/fuel additives under relatively mild conditions. The valorization processes can involve many
types of reactions such as hydrogenation of the C=O bond, hydrogenation of the
furan ring, oxidation, amination, condensation, and coupling. For these reactions,
the catalytic materials have been classified into two subgroups such as metal and
mixed metal oxide-based nanocomposite materials to discuss their physicochemical
properties and active sites toward selective transformation of furfural and HMF into
the desired products using appropriate references.
Keywords Biomass conversion · Biofuels · Furfural · 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural ·
Furanics
M. Baithy · D. Raikwar · D. Shee (*)
Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad,
Kandi, Sangareddy, Telangana, India
e-mail: dshee@che.iith.ac.in