Hybrid biological-synthetic biomass utilisation and valorisation through the combination of biotechnology and solar photocatalysis

该项目旨在将废弃的生物质转化为有价值的原料和燃料。大自然自己的工具箱将被用来在温和的条件下分解木质纤维素，以使其能够进行合成加工。经过真菌处理的生物质的光驱动氧化将产生有价值的氧化产物(例如甲酸盐)，这些产物将在溶液中积累，直到浓度足够高，可以进行经济的收集，而通过还原水同时形成的氢气很容易收集，而不需要额外的能量投入。对生物质氧化和放氢的两个半反应进行独立研究，将使它们的速度和效率得到优化，并改善产品收集。这也允许考虑其他馈送配置。

The project aims to convert waste biomass into valuable feedstocks and fuel. Nature's own toolbox will be used to break up lignocellulose under mild conditions in order to make it accessible to synthetic processing. Light-driven oxidation of fungus-treated biomass will give valuable oxidation products (e.g. formate) that will accumulate in the solution until the concentration is high enough for an economical collection, whereas hydrogen gas formed simultaneously by reduction of water is easily collected without additional energy input. Independent study of the two half-reactions into biomass oxidation and hydrogen evolution will enable an optimisation of their rates and efficiencies as well as improve product collection. This also allows other feed configurations to be considered.