Advanced catalytic materials for a resource- and energy-efficient biorefinery Gabriele CENTI, Paola LANZAFAME and Siglinda PERATHONER

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Resource and energy efficiency is a major challenge facing chemical and process industry, and which significantly influences the future of biorefineries. With respect to few year ago, the scenario for chemistry and energy has significantly changed, and as consequence the expectations for the role of bio-industry in this panorama [1,2]. The role of the chemical use of biomass, as one of the pillars towards a resource- and energy-efficient chemical and process industry, has become a key element for the design of new biorefineries, with a consequent impact on the model of biorefineries and related platform molecules [1,3]. Sustainability, with aspects related to impact on water and greenhouse gases, as well as waste utilization, recycling and management is another relevant aspect strongly impacting the biomass use scenario [4,5]. On the other hand, these new demands have driven the development of new advanced catalytic materials to meet the challenges opened from this new scenario [5-7]. After introducing these general aspects, the lecture will discuss three main examples: i) the use of furfurals (furanics) as a versatile building block, ii) the development of multifunctional catalysts for producing biofuels from algal oil, iii) the valorization of CO2 emissions from biorefineries. The design of micro- and mesoporous catalytic materials as well as of other type of catalysts will be discussed. References 1. G. Centi and R.A. van Santen Eds., Catalysis for Renewables, Wiley VCH Pub.: Weinheim (Germany) 2007. 2. G. Centi, S. Perathoner, Facing the energy challenges through chemistry in a changing world, in The Chemical Element: Chemistry's Contribution to Our Global Future, J. Garcia-Martinez and E. Serrano-Torregrosa (Ed.s), Wiley-VCH: Weinheim, Germany (2011), 269-309. 3. G. Centi, P. Lanzafame, S. Perathoner, Analysis of the alternative routes in the catalytic transformation of lignocellulosic materials. Catal. Today 2011, 167, 14-30. 4. Zinoviev, S.; Mller-Langer, F.; Das, P.; Bertero, N.; Fornasiero, P.; Kaltschmitt, M.; Centi, G.; Miertus, S., Next-generation biofuels: Survey of emerging technologies and sustainability issues. ChemSusChem 2010, 3 (10), 1106-1133. 5. G. Centi, S. Perathoner, Catalytic Transformation of CO 2 to Fuels and Chemicals, with Reference to Biorefineries. In The Role of Catalysis for the Sustainable Production of Bio-Fuels and Bio-Chemicals , K.S. Triantafyllidis, A.A. Lappas, M.Stcker (Ed.s ), Elsevier, Amsterdam (2013), 529-555. 6. J. ejka, G. Centi, J. Perez-Pariente, W.J. Roth, Zeolite-based materials for novel catalytic applications: Opportunities, perspectives and open problems, Catalysis Today 2012, 179, 2-15. 7. G. Centi, S. Perathoner, Creating and mastering nano-objects to design advanced catalytic materials. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2011, 255, 1480-1498. 8. D.S. Su, S. Perathoner, G. Centi, Nanocarbons for the Development of Advanced Catalysts, Chemical Reviews 2013, 113(8), 5782-5816.