Special issue of thermo-chemical conversion of biomass

The rapid depletion of fossil fuels and the increasing of carbon emissions drive us to exploit the renewable energy. Biomass, the only carbon-contained renewable energy resource, has aroused more and more attentions due to its natural abundance and carbon neutrality. Thermo-chemical processes, such as gasification and pyrolysis, are regarded as a promising technology for the utilization of biomass since it can rapidly convert biomass into liquid fuels, biochar and gases. Those can be directly or further used as energy, fuel, and chemical products, which have already been applied in various industries. However, the thermo-chemical conversion of biomass still remains to be further explored in many aspects, such as deep mechanism, novel processes and catalyst materials, as well as new modeling and analyzing methods, etc. The above-mentioned has been the motivation for the publication of the current special issue “Thermo-chemical Conversion of Biomass”. This Special Issue aims at reporting the latest advances in biomass to biofuel via thermo-chemical conversion technology including original research papers and reviews (mini-reviews). Many submissions were received for this Special Issue. All sub missions have been subjected to the usual screening within the editorial office and/or subsequent rigorous peer-review process. Upon the completion of the whole editorial process, a total of 19 papers (including 7 review articles and 12 research articles) have been finally accepted for publication in this Special Issue, as listed in Table 1. The Special Issue compiles a list of review and original research ar ticles describing the latest fundamental research and technology development in thermo-chemical conversion of biomass, with the concise synopsis of each paper given below.