TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Gücyeter, Sara
A1  - Erpelding, Richard
A1  - Schmidt, Magnus S.
T1  - Review: chemical approaches toward catalytic lignin degradation
JF  - Chemical Papers
N2  - Lignin is a potentially high natural source of biological aromatic substances. However, decomposition of the polymer has proven to be quite challenging, as the complex bonds are fairly difficult to break down chemically. This article is intended to provide an overview of various recent methods for the catalytic chemical depolymerization of the biopolymer lignin into chemical products. For this purpose, nickel-, zeolite- and palladium-supported catalysts were examined in detail. In order to achieve this, various experiments of the last years were collected, and the efficiency of the individual catalysts was examined. This included evaluating the reaction conditions under which the catalysts work most efficiently. The influence of co-catalysts and Lewis acidity was also investigated. The results show that it is possible to control the obtained product selectivity very well by the choice of the respective catalysts combined with the proper reaction conditions.
KW  - Lignin
KW  - Degradation
KW  - Catalytic depolymerization
KW  - Palladium
KW  - Zeolite
KW  - Nickel
Y1  - 2022
SN  - 2585-7290
SS  - 2585-7290
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-021-01996-y
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11696-021-01996-y
N1  - Corresponding author: Magnus S. Schmidt
VL  - 76
IS  - 4
SP  - 1899
EP  - 1922
PB  - Springer
ER  -