AUTHOR=Chen Huan , Wan Kun , Zheng Fangjuan , Zhang Zhuo , Zhang Hongyu , Zhang Yayun , Long Donghui 

TITLE=Recent Advances in Photocatalytic Transformation of Carbohydrates Into Valuable Platform Chemicals

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Chemical Engineering

VOLUME=Volume 3 - 2021

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/chemical-engineering/articles/10.3389/fceng.2021.615309

DOI=10.3389/fceng.2021.615309

ISSN=2673-2718

ABSTRACT=In response to the less accessible fossil resources and deteriorating environmental problems, catalytic conversion of the renewable lignocellulosic biomass to replace fossil resources for the production of value-added chemicals and fuels is of great importance and has attract broad interest from a growing scientific community. Carbohydrate, including cellulose and hemicellulose, constitute more than 60% of lignocellulosic biomass and represent the most abundant source of renewable carbon in nature. Depolymerization of carbohydrate and its derivatives can obtain a series of valuable platform chemicals. Photocatalytic transformations of lignocellulose using sustainable solar energy have been identified as a promising strategy and attracted much attention. This review is aimed to provide an overview of the up-to-date contributions achieved in the selective photocatalytic transformation of carbohydrate and its derivatives. We then put forward future perspective and challenges in this field.