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Transformations of biomass-derived platform molecules: from high added-value chemicals to fuels via aqueous-phase processing by Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Luque, Rafael, Sepúlveda-Escribano, Antonio

“…Global warming issues and the medium-term depletion of fossil fuel reserves are stimulating researchers around the world to find alternative sources of energy…”
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Catalytic Production of Jet Fuels from Biomass by Díaz-Pérez, Manuel Antonio, Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos

“…Concerns about depleting fossil fuels and global warming effects are pushing our society to search for new renewable sources of energy with the potential to…”
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Conversion of cellulose to hydrocarbon fuels by progressive removal of oxygen by Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Braden, Drew J., West, Ryan M., Dumesic, James A.

“…Cellulose is converted in a series of cascade reactions to 5-nonanone, a hydrophobic intermediate that can be catalytically upgraded to diesel and jet fuels…”
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Catalytic Processing of Lactic Acid over Pt/Nb2O5 by Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Dumesic, James A.

“…Aqueous solutions of lactic acid derived from biomass can be catalytically upgraded over Pt(0.1 %)/Nb2O5 into an organic phase rich in C4–C7 ketones that…”
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Thermomechanical Performance Analysis of Novel Cement-Based Building Envelopes with Enhanced Passive Insulation Properties by Marin-Montin, Jorge, Roque, Eduardo, Xu, Yading, Šavija, Branko, Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Montero-Chacón, Francisco

“…The design of new insulating envelopes is a direct route towards energy efficient buildings. The combinations of novel materials, such as phase-change (PCM),…”
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Mixed‐Valence Ce/Zr Metal‐Organic Frameworks: Controlling the Oxidation State of Cerium in One‐Pot Synthesis Approach by Ronda‐Lloret, Maria, Pellicer‐Carreño, Isaac, Grau‐Atienza, Aida, Boada, Roberto, Diaz‐Moreno, Sofia, Narciso‐Romero, Javier, Serrano‐Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Sepúlveda‐Escribano, Antonio, Ramos‐Fernandez, Enrique V.

“…The preparation of MOFs including a metal with an easily exchangeable oxidation state, while maintaining the same crystal structure and stability, is of…”
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A Conceptual Approach for the Design of New Catalysts for Ammonia Synthesis: A Metal—Support Interactions Review by Arroyo-Caire, Javier, Diaz-Perez, Manuel Antonio, Lara-Angulo, Mayra Anabel, Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos

“…The growing interest in green ammonia production has spurred the development of new catalysts with the potential to carry out the Haber–Bosch process under…”
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Efficient Room-Temperature O-Silylation of Alcohols Using a SBA-15-Supported Cobalt(II) Nanocatalyst by Rajabi, Fatemeh, Luque, Rafael, Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos

“…The O‐silylation of OH groups of alcohols and phenols with hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS) was achieved in high‐to‐excellent yields using catalytic quantities of a…”
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Low-Temperature Electrocatalytic Conversion of CO2 to Liquid Fuels: Effect of the Cu Particle Size by Antonio de Lucas-Consuegra, Juan Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, Nuria Gutiérrez-Guerra, José Luis Valverde

“…A novel gas-phase electrocatalytic system based on a low-temperature proton exchange membrane (Sterion) was developed for the gas-phase electrocatalytic…”
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Biomass: A Renewable Source of Fuels, Chemicals and Carbon Materials by Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos

“…Fossil fuels have been long used as a source of carbon for synthetizing the fuels, chemicals, and carbon-based materials we use on a daily basis [...]…”
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Barriers for the Implementation of Liquid Biofuels by Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos

“…Transportation accounts for nearly one third of the total energy consumed worldwide and, unlike other sectors, it relies almost exclusively (96%) on petroleum…”
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Post-synthetic ligand exchange as a route to improve the affinity of ZIF-67 towards CO2 by Villalgordo-Hernández, David, Antonio Diaz-Perez, Manuel, Balloi, Valentina, Anabel Lara-Angulo, Mayra, Narciso, Javier, Carlos Serrano-Ruiz, Juan, Ramos-Fernandez, Enrique V.

“…•Enhanced CO2 Selectivity: Ligand exchange improves affinity for CO2 over CH4.•Structural Advancements: Exchange induces contraction and uncoordinated nitrogen…”
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Techno-economic analysis of dimethylfuran (DMF) and hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) production from pure fructose in catalytic processes by Kazi, Feroz Kabir, Patel, Akshay D., Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Dumesic, James A., Anex, Robert P.

“…Techno-economic studies of processes for production of dimethyl-furan (DMF) and hydroxymethyl-furfural (HMF) from fructose are performed based on published…”
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Catalytic Conversion of Biomass to Monofunctional Hydrocarbons and Targeted Liquid-Fuel Classes by Kunkes, Edward L, Simonetti, Dante A, West, Ryan M, Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Gärtner, Christian A, Dumesic, James A

“…It is imperative to develop more efficient processes for conversion of biomass to liquid fuels, such that the cost of these fuels would be competitive with the…”
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Interplay of Support Chemistry and Reaction Conditions on Copper Catalyzed Methanol Steam Reforming by Díaz-Pérez, Manuel Antonio, Moya, Javier, Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Faria, Jimmy

“…A series of Cu catalysts supported on SiO2, Al2O3–SiO2, TiO2 rutile, and Cu/TiO2 anatase metal oxides has been studied for methanol reforming in the vapor…”
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Catalytic coupling of carboxylic acids by ketonization as a processing step in biomass conversion by Gaertner, Christian A., Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Braden, Drew J., Dumesic, James A.

“…Ketonization and esterification of biomass-derived carboxylic acids have been studied over a ceria–zirconia catalyst, and the coupling between these reactions…”
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Catalytic conversion of renewable biomass resources to fuels and chemicals by Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, West, Ryan M, Dumesic, James A

“…Lignocellulosic biomass is renewable and cheap, and it has the potential to displace fossil fuels in the production of fuels and chemicals. Biomass-derived…”
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Catalytic transformations of biomass-derived acids into advanced biofuels by Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos, Pineda, Antonio, Balu, Alina Mariana, Luque, Rafael, Campelo, Juan Manuel, Romero, Antonio Angel, Ramos-Fernández, Jose Manuel

“…[Display omitted] ► Biomass has the potential to replace petroleum in the production of transportation fuels. ► There is growing need for high-energy density,…”
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Improved Thermochemical Energy Storage Behavior of Manganese Oxide by Molybdenum Doping by Moya, Javier, Marugán, Javier, Orfila, María, Díaz-Pérez, Manuel Antonio, Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos

“…To improve the thermochemical energy storage (TCS) behavior of Mn O , several Mn-Mo oxides with varying amounts of MoO (0-30 wt%) were prepared by a…”
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Metal–Organic Frameworks as Formose Reaction Catalysts with Enhanced Selectivity by Balloi, Valentina, Diaz-Perez, Manuel Antonio, Lara-Angulo, Mayra Anabel, Villalgordo-Hernández, David, Narciso, Javier, Ramos-Fernandez, Enrique V., Serrano-Ruiz, Juan Carlos

“…The formose reaction is an autocatalytic series of aldol condensations that allows one to obtain monosaccharides from formaldehyde. The formose reaction…”
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