Biofuels Catalysts

A number of novel pathways are being developed for producing advanced biofuels via with the goal of producing a renewable transportation fuel (drop-in biofuel) that can be used in conventional engines and existing infrastructure. These advanced biofuels and cellulosic biofuels require technologies that will efficiently and economically convert renewable feedstocks. For these new technologies, solid catalysts will be as important to biorefineries as they are to the petrochemical industry today. New and better catalysts are the key to unlocking the potential of biomass for transportation fuels.