Novel Catalytic Hydrothermal Process for Valorisation of Biorefinery Lignin

了解从合适的可持续资源中生产替代燃料和化学品的原则。生物质被认为是最好的可持续资源，因为它具有丰富的资源和潜力，可以生产与目前从不可再生资源中获得的化学品和燃料具有相似的特性。这对于确保即将到来的全球低碳经济转型与现代社会采用的现有技术相兼容，从而最大限度地减少对当前生活方式的改变至关重要。该奖学金的目标是开展多功能地球丰富催化剂的开发和应用的基础研究，用于将木质纤维素生物炼制中富含木质素的残留物转化为芳香族化学品，以期建模和设计商业过程。

Understand the principles governing the production of 'drop-in' alternative fuels and chemicals from suitable sustainable resources.Biomass is considered as the best sustainable resource due to its vast abundance and potential for yielding chemicals and fuels with similar properties to those obtained currently from non-renewable resources. This is critical to ensure that the impending transition to a global low-carbon economy is compatible with existing technologies adopted by modern society, and hence minimising changes to current lifestyles. The goal of the studentship is to undertake fundamental research on the development and application of multifunctional earth abundant catalysts for the conversion of lignin-rich residues from lignocellulosic biorefineries into aromatic chemicals, with a view to modelling and designing a commercial process.