Biomass feedstocks are established as a key resource and a viable alternative for an economy less dependent on fossil inputs. This review offers an examination exemplified by fresh references covering strategies to reach a sustainable conversion of biomass to emerging chemicals and materials. Biobased chemicals lead to reduced climate change impacts compared with their fossil‐based counterparts. There is a broad range of products that can be targeted for biobased production, and it is important to select both the feedstocks and the target chemicals, which have a positive environmental impact and opportunity of commercial success. From the perspective of polymer science, we summarize emerging polymers that can be derived from biomass with promising properties. Furthermore, as challenges in the field of emerging biobased materials and chemicals are driven both by performance constraints and economic factors, we also examine recent progress in catalytic and biochemical process towards successful end products.

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生物基材料和增值化学品的最新进展


生物质原料被确立为一种关键资源，也是减少对化石投入的经济依赖的可行替代品。这篇综述提供了一个以新参考文献为例的检查，涵盖了实现生物质可持续转化为新兴化学品和材料的策略。与化石化学品相比，生物基化学品可以减少气候变化的影响。可用于生物基生产的产品范围广泛，选择原料和目标化学品非常重要，因为它们会对环境产生积极的影响并带来商业成功的机会。从聚合物科学的角度，我们总结了可以从生物质中提取的具有前景的新兴聚合物。此外，由于新兴生物基材料和化学品领域的挑战是由性能限制和经济因素驱动的，我们还研究了催化和生化工艺在成功最终产品方面的最新进展。