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Preparation of Green N-Doped Biochar Materials with Biomass Pyrolysis and Their Application to Catalytic Systems

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Biomass pyrolysis produces high-value chemical products and is important for developing energy applications. Green nitrogen-doped biochar, which has a porous structure, active nitrogen/oxygen-containing groups, and catalytic sites, can be prepared through activation and nitrogen doping during pyrolysis. In this chapter, preparation methods for green nitrogen-doped biochar materials via pyrolysis are comprehensively reviewed as well as one-step “pyrolysis-activation-doping”. In addition, the formation mechanisms of nitrogen-doped biochars are discussed with their corresponding catalytic properties. There is a need for advanced online characterization methods and detection of the structural evolution of intermediates and radicals during reaction processes. The preparation of green N-doped biochar materials and application in biomass catalytic pyrolysis hold great promise for the economical production of chemical products from biomass.

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We express great appreciation of the financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (52106243, 51876078, and 51861130362), National key R&D program of China (2019YFC1904003), Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province (BK20221517), and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2018M640696 and 2019T120664).

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Chen, W. et al. (2023). Preparation of Green N-Doped Biochar Materials with Biomass Pyrolysis and Their Application to Catalytic Systems. In: Fang, Z., Smith Jr, R.L., Xu, L. (eds) Production of N-containing Chemicals and Materials from Biomass. Biofuels and Biorefineries, vol 12. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-4580-1_11

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