Catalysing sustainable fuel and chemical synthesis

Adam F. Lee

doi:10.1007/s13203-014-0056-z

Catalysing sustainable fuel and chemical synthesis

Adam F. Lee

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Abstract

Concerns over the economics of proven fossil fuel reserves, in concert with government and public acceptance of the anthropogenic origin of rising CO2 emissions and associated climate change from such combustible carbon, are driving academic and commercial research into new sustainable routes to fuel and chemicals. The quest for such sustainable resources to meet the demands of a rapidly rising global population represents one of this century’s grand challenges. Here, we discuss catalytic solutions to the clean synthesis of biodiesel, the most readily implemented and low cost, alternative source of transportation fuels, and oxygenated organic molecules for the manufacture of fine and speciality chemicals to meet future societal demands.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	11-31
Number of pages	21
Journal	Applied Petrochemical Research
Volume	4
Issue number	1
Early online date	9 Apr 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s13203-014-0056-z
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2014

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This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.

Funding: EPSRC (EP/G007594/3)

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Keywords

heterogeneous catalysis
biofuels
biodiesel
selective oxidation
alcohols

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