A sustainable solar-driven electrochemical process for reforming lignocellulosic biomass effluent into high value-added products: green hydrogen, carboxylic and vanillic acids
Izaías Campos da Paixão, Jussara Câmara Cardozo, Mayra Kerolly Sales Monteiro, Amanda Duarte Gondim, Lívia N. Cavalcanti, Domingos Fabiano de Santana Souza, Carlos A. Martínez‐Huitle, Elisama Vieira dos Santos
Abstract
production greater than 2.6 L was produced, in the cathodic compartment with a Ni-Fe-based mesh as cathode, with a 90% faradaic efficiency during the process. Thus, the electrochemical conversion of lignocellulosic biomass effluent into high-value-added products and an energy vector was sustainably accomplished, suggesting that it is a promising energy-saving and cost-effective integrated approach for biomass valorization using solar energy.
Topics & Concepts
Lignocellulosic biomassBiomass (ecology)EffluentBiohydrogenChemistryHydrogenProcess (computing)Vanillic acidPulp and paper industryWaste managementEnvironmental scienceHydrogen productionEnvironmental engineeringFermentationOrganic chemistryEngineeringComputer scienceEcologyBiologyOperating systemElectrocatalysts for Energy ConversionCatalysis for Biomass ConversionBiochemical and biochemical processes