Formic acid, a biomass-derived source of energy and hydrogen for biomass upgrading

Federica Valentini; Vadym Kozell; Chiara Petrucci; Assunta Marrocchi; Yanlong Gu; Dmitri Gelman; Luigi Vaccaro

doi:10.1039/c9ee01747j

Formic acid, a biomass-derived source of energy and hydrogen for biomass upgrading

Federica Valentini, Vadym Kozell, Chiara Petrucci, Assunta Marrocchi, Yanlong Gu, Dmitri Gelman^*, Luigi Vaccaro

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Abstract

Formic acid is a main product from biomass-derived carbohydrates and is attracting ever more attention as a sustainable hydrogen source, owing to its high volumetric hydrogen density of 53 g of H₂ per liter. In this review, we give an overview of the formic acid mediated transformations of biomass-based feedstocks into added-value products, including biofuels; attention will be primarily focused on the transformation of biomass-derived platform chemicals, with an emphasis on levulinic acid. Formic-acid mediated lignin depolymerization and biomass-oil upgrading will be also discussed.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	2646-2664
Number of pages	19
Journal	Energy and Environmental Science
Volume	12
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c9ee01747j
State	Published - Sep 2019

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The Universitàdegli Studi di Perugia and MIUR are also acknowledged for financial support to the project AMIS, through the program ‘‘Dipartimenti di Eccellenza – 2018–2022’’. LV thanks the Lady Davis Fellowship Trust for the 2017–2018 fellowship. This research was supported by ISF (Israel Science Foundation) Grant No. 917/15 and 1384/13. Y. Gu thanks the National Natural Science Foundation of China for financial support (2171101076 and 21872060)

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