Green Commodity Chemicals
Research Project
, 2020
– 2024
The project targets increased knowledge about catalytic valorisation of low-cost biomass into green commodity chemicals to support a sustainable production of a wide range of more complex chemicals and materials. Production of bulk commodities ensure flexible use as drop-in chemicals. Thus, the commercial risks are low and the potential to contribute to resource efficiency and a renewable energy system is high. The basic idea is to seize the complexity in the naturally occurring five-membered ring aromatics in hemicellulose and valorise these to six-membered ring aromatics through formation of new carbon-carbon bonds in a Diels-Alder-like prototypical catalytic reaction. New catalysts will be systematically tailored and studied by state-of-the-art operando spectroscopic characterisation techniques. Reaction mechanisms will be mapped out and catalyst structure-function relationships will be established. This will be used to formulate design principles for future catalysts and processes.
Participants
Per-Anders Carlsson (contact)
Head of Unit at Chalmers, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Applied Chemistry, Per-Anders Carlsson Group
Funding
Swedish Energy Agency
Funding Chalmers participation during 2020–2024
Related Areas of Advance and Infrastructure
Sustainable development
Driving Forces
Energy
Areas of Advance
Materials Science
Areas of Advance