Application of waste biomass for the production of biofuels and catalysts: a review

RA Quevedo-Amador, BP Escalera-Velasco… - Clean Technologies and …, 2024 - Springer
Sustainable development is imperative, and the worldwide energy production must focus on
the transition from petroleum derivatives to biomass-based biofuels and bioproducts to …

Catalytic upgrading biomass-derived ethanol and acetic acid into C4 chemicals

T Yan, M Zhang, R Yuan, W Dai - Science China Chemistry, 2024 - Springer
Synthesis of value-added chemicals from biomass is an essential strategy to mitigate the
global dependency on fossil resources and achieve the aim of carbon neutrality. Thereinto …

Atomically dispersed Co 2+ on MgAlO x boosting C 4–10 alcohols selectivity of ethanol valorization

WL Lv, L He, WC Li, BC Zhou, SP Lv, AH Lu - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic upgrading of biomass-derived ethanol to C4+ compounds through C–C coupling is
an essential green and sustainable approach towards value-added fine chemicals …

Condensed-phase ethanol conversion to higher alcohols over bimetallic catalysts

I Nezam, J Zak, DJ Miller - Industrial & Engineering Chemistry …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The catalytic condensation of ethanol to n-butanol and higher alcohols, known collectively
as Guerbet reactions, has attracted attention in recent years as ethanol becomes …

Transition metals promoting Mg-Al mixed oxides for conversion of ethanol to butanol and other valuable products: Reaction pathways

J Mück, J Kocík, M Hájek, Z Tišler, K Frolich… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper is focused on the catalytic synthesis of butanol from ethanol in a microflow
reactor at a constant weight hour space velocity (4.5 h− 1) and different reaction …

Boosting the C–C Coupling of Bioethanol to Higher Alcohols by Inhibiting Aqueous Phase Reforming Reaction

X Wu, X Cai, Y Pi, B Chen, X Li, Q Meng… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
A suitable catalyst with an exact match of the acidity/basicity, ingenious geometric structure,
and proper electronic environment is vital to the Guerbet reaction for the synthesis of C6+ …

First row transition metals on the ethanol Guerbet reaction: Products distribution and structural behavior of mixed metal oxides as catalysts

G Metzker, JAM Vargas, LP de Lima… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2021 - Elsevier
Described is the transformation of ethanol into 1-butanol, acetaldehyde and other products
by the Guerbet reaction (GR) over mixed metal oxides (MMOs) as catalysts. The MMOs, in …

From waste to raw chemicals: Catalytic transformation of fusel oil by mixed metal oxides

LP de Lima, JAM Vargas, AC Roveda Jr… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we detail a catalytic process for the conversion of fusel oil (FO), a by-product of
ethanol production considered as waste, into valuable organic compounds, including …

Catalytic Relevance of Mg‐Al‐O Basic Centers in the Upgrade of Ethanol to n‐Butanol

W Tian, JE Herrera - ChemCatChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The catalytic relevance of different surface functionalities present on hydrotalcite‐derived
Mg− Al mixed metal oxides (MgAlO) are investigated in the context of ethanol upgrade to n …

Catalytic upgrading of ethanol to n-butanol over a novel Ca-Fe modified mixed oxide Mg-Al catalyst from hydrotalcite-base precursor

S Molina-Ramírez, M Cortés-Reyes, C Herrera… - Catalysis Today, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract n-Butanol is used in a wide range of applications and recently, the use of n-butanol
as a fuel, which can be employed pure or blended with gasoline or diesel, has been …