Carbon-encapsulated Ni catalysts derived from citrate complexes for highly efficient hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol

Y Sheng, F Tian, X Wang, N Jiang, X Zhang, X Chen… - Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
The development of highly dispersed non-precious metal nanocatalysts is of great
importance for the biomass hydrogenation. In this work, a precursor of Ni-citrate complex …

Rational design of Ni nanoparticles loaded porous N-doped carbon nanostructures for efficient hydrogenation reduction of Cr (VI): Performance, critical role of …

J Jiang, S Yang, W Wei, S Tu, X Zheng, L Ai - Applied Surface Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Catalytic hydrogenation via formic acid (FA) activation is an important way for the control of
Cr (VI)-contaminated water. In the present study, three-dimensional porous N-doped carbon …

Pyrolysis of nickel salt@ cellulose to prepare Ni/C catalyst with tunable hydrogenation and acid site for the selective hydrogenation of furfuryl alcohol

M Fan, H Tian, Y Shao, L Zhang, S Zhang, G Hu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ni/C catalysts could be prepared via pyrolysis of biomass impregnated with nickel salts,
while varied anions of nickel salt impact not only catalytic behaviors of Ni/C catalyst, but also …

Enhanced cyclopentanone yield from furfural hydrogenation: Promotional effect of surface silanols on Ni-Cu/m-silica catalyst

R Balaga, P Balla, X Zhang, K Ramineni, H Du… - Catalysts, 2023 - mdpi.com
A direct alkaline hydrothermal method was used to synthesize mono-and bimetallic Ni and
Cu on mesoporous silica (m-SiO2) as catalysts for the hydrogenation of furfural (FAL) to …

Role of catalyst surface-active sites in the hydrogenation of α,β-unsaturated aldehyde

H Shi, T Su, Z Qin, H Ji - Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2024 - Springer
As an important technology in fine chemical production, the selective hydrogenation of α, β-
unsaturated aldehydes has attracted much attention in recent years. In the process of α, β …

An Overview of Heterogeneous Catalysts Based on Hypercrosslinked Polystyrene for the Synthesis and Transformation of Platform Chemicals Derived from Biomass

O Manaenkov, L Nikoshvili, A Bykov, O Kislitsa… - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Platform chemicals, also known as chemical building blocks, are substances that serve as
starting materials for the synthesis of various value-added products, which find a wide range …

Copper nanoparticles encapsulated in a nanoporous carbon-based catalyst in the upgradation of γ-valerolactone to 1, 4-pentanediol by selective hydrogenation

B Putrakumar, PK Seelam, GS Rao, NP Rajan… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
This research work introduces highly dispersed Cu nanoparticles encapsulated into a
nanoporous carbon (Cu@ C) structure as an efficient catalytic system in selective …

Porous Hollow Nanostructure Promoting the Catalytic Performance and Stability of Ni3P in Furfural Hydrogenation

R Sun, Y Tian, L Xiao, GA Bukhtiyarova… - Industrial & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the processes of hydrogenation, the accurate control of product distribution is crucial to
the high-value conversion of furfural. Herein, Ni3P catalysts were prepared by phase …

Effect of Co-doping on Cu/CaO catalysts for selective furfural hydrogenation into furfuryl alcohol

M Kalong, S Ratchahat, P Khemthong… - Nanomaterials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cu/CaO catalysts with fine-tuned Co-doping for excellent catalytic performance of furfural
(FAL) hydrogenation to furfuryl alcohol (FOL) were synthesized by a facile wetness …

Recent catalytic innovations in furfural transformation

K Zhao, B Wen, Q Tang, F Wang, X Liu, Q Xu, D Yin - Green Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
To address the problem of non-renewable resources and energy shortages, converting
biomass, the only renewable carbon resource on Earth, into various fine chemicals holds …