A review of the effects of alkali and alkaline earth metal species on biomass gasification

J Yu, Q Guo, Y Gong, L Ding, J Wang, G Yu - Fuel Processing Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
The effects of alkali and alkaline earth metals (AAEM) on the component and distribution of
products, gasification reactivity, catalytic mechanism and char-ash/slag transition during …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in the development of catalysts for steam reforming of biomass tar model reaction

J Ashok, N Dewangan, S Das, P Hongmanorom… - Fuel Processing …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review describes recent advances in development of catalysts for steam reforming of
biomass tar model reactions, using toluene, benzene and naphthalene as tar model …

Recent developments in investigating reaction chemistry and transport effects in biomass fast pyrolysis: A review

KB Ansari, B Kamal, S Beg, MAW Khan… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Fast pyrolysis of biomass converts it mainly into bio-oil, which is incapable of being utilized
directly as drop-in fuel because of high oxygen content, unstable nature, and lower heating …

Low-temperature steam reforming of toluene and biomass tar over biochar-supported Ni nanoparticles

ZY Du, ZH Zhang, C Xu, XB Wang… - … sustainable chemistry & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Developing efficient, inexpensive, in situ tar reforming technologies under mild conditions is
an important practical aspect of biomass gasification. In this study, a series of biochar …

Synergistic application of XPS and DFT to investigate metal oxide surface catalysis

QT Trinh, K Bhola, PN Amaniampong… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
To investigate metal oxide surface catalysis, determining an appropriate Hubbard U-
correction term is a challenge for the density functional theory (DFT) community and …

Improving the adsorption performance of non-polar benzene vapor by using lignin-based activated carbon

K Isinkaralar - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2023 - Springer
Both indoor and outdoor contamination continually contain benzene vapor. It has primary
concerns about long-term health risks to the living environment. Benzene is a crucial …

Realizing catalytic acetophenone hydrodeoxygenation with palladium-equipped porous organic polymers

R Paul, SC Shit, T Fovanna, D Ferri… - … applied materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Porous organic polymers (POPs) constructed through covalent bonds have raised
tremendous research interest because of their suitability to develop robust catalysts and …

Insights into the role of water and surface OH species in methane activation on copper oxide: a combined theoretical and experimental study

K Bhola, QT Trinh, D Liu, Y Liu… - Catalysis Science & …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Despite its huge potential, the utilization of methane as a main feedstock for the synthesis of
fuels and value-added chemicals is limited. Earth abundant transition metal oxides (TMOs) …

Synergistic effect of high-frequency ultrasound with cupric oxide catalyst resulting in a selectivity switch in glucose oxidation under argon

PN Amaniampong, QT Trinh… - Journal of the …, 2019 - ACS Publications
We report here, and rationalize, a synergistic effect between a non-noble metal oxide
catalyst (CuO) and high-frequency ultrasound (HFUS) on glucose oxidation. While CuO and …

Unraveling the mechanism of the oxidation of glycerol to dicarboxylic acids over a sonochemically synthesized copper oxide catalyst

PN Amaniampong, QT Trinh, JJ Varghese… - Green …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The utilization of low frequency ultrasound (US) offers a straightforward and powerful tool for
the production of nanostructured materials, in particular for structurally stable, highly …