Review of supported metal nanoparticles: synthesis methodologies, advantages and application as catalysts

MJ Ndolomingo, N Bingwa, R Meijboom - Journal of Materials Science, 2020 - Springer
Supported metal nanoparticles, M-NPs, are of great scientific and economic interest as they
encompass application in chemical manufacturing, oil refining and environmental catalysis …

Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) as H‐source for bio‐derived fuels and additives production

F Valentini, A Marrocchi… - Advanced Energy Materials, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Liquid organic hydrogen carriers (LOHCs) are attractive materials for their ability to generate
in situ hydrogen that may be directly used to produce target biofuel precursors, fuels or fuel …

Creating enzyme-mimicking nanopockets in metal-organic frameworks for catalysis

X Zhang, C Yang, P An, C Cui, Y Ma, H Liu, H Wang… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Numerous efforts are being made toward constructing artificial nanopockets inside
heterogeneous catalysts to implement challenging reactions that are difficult to occur on …

Copper-based catalysts with tunable acidic and basic sites for the selective conversion of levulinic acid/ester to γ-valerolactone or 1, 4-pentanediol

Y Shao, K Sun, Q Li, Q Liu, S Zhang, Q Liu, G Hu… - Green …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
γ-Valerolactone (GVL) and 1, 4-pentanediol (1, 4-PDO) are value-added chemicals that can
be produced from levulinic acid/ester via hydrogenation coupled with acid/base-catalyzed …

Zirconium–lignosulfonate polyphenolic polymer for highly efficient hydrogen transfer of biomass-derived oxygenates under mild conditions

S Zhou, F Dai, Z Xiang, T Song, D Liu, F Lu… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2019 - Elsevier
Both value-added utilization of low-rank renewable feedstocks to prepare catalytic materials
and selective transformation of bioderived aldehydes are very attractive topics. Herein …

Valorization of levulinic acid over non-noble metal catalysts: challenges and opportunities

Z Xue, Q Liu, J Wang, T Mu - Green Chemistry, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Levulinic acid (LA), easily derived from cellulose via an acid catalytic process, is an
attractive biomass-derived platform chemical which can be converted into various valuable …

Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of biomass‐derived carbonyls over hafnium‐based metal–organic frameworks

S Rojas‐Buzo, P García‐García, A Corma - ChemSusChem, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A series of highly crystalline, porous, hafnium‐based metal–organic frameworks (Hf‐MOFs)
have been shown to catalyze the transfer hydrogenation reaction of levulinic ester to …

Biomass-derived mesoporous Hf-containing hybrid for efficient Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction at low temperatures

H Li, T Yang, Z Fang - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2018 - Elsevier
The use of organic chemicals derived from renewable sources to synthesize functional solid
materials for heterogeneous catalysis is of great significance. Herein, a new porous and acid …

Cooperation between hydrogenation and acidic sites in Cu-based catalyst for selective conversion of furfural to γ-valerolactone

Y Shao, Q Li, X Dong, J Wang, K Sun, L Zhang… - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
The production of γ-valerolactone (GVL) receives increasing attention due to its extensive
applications as a promising fuel and fuel additive. In this study, the direct conversion of …

A review about GVL production from lignocellulose: Focusing on the full components utilization

L Ye, Y Han, J Feng, X Lu - Industrial crops and products, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract γ-Valerolactone (GVL) is considered to be one of the most promising biomass
platform compounds, and it can be synthesized using different reaction pathways from …