Conversion of biomass into chemicals over metal catalysts

M Besson, P Gallezot, C Pinel - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The catalytic conversion of biomass and derivatives to chemicals has been the subject of
intense research efforts during the past decade resulting in a 20% annual increase in the …

Catalytic transfer hydrogenation of biomass‐derived substrates to value‐added chemicals on dual‐function catalysts: opportunities and challenges

X Jin, B Yin, Q Xia, T Fang, J Shen, L Kuang… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aqueous‐phase hydrodeoxygenation (APH) of bioderived feedstocks into useful chemical
building blocks is one the most important processes for biomass conversion. However …

Platinum–copper single atom alloy catalysts with high performance towards glycerol hydrogenolysis

X Zhang, G Cui, H Feng, L Chen, H Wang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Selective hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived glycerol to propanediol is an important
reaction to produce high value-added chemicals but remains a big challenge. Herein we …

Advances in understanding the selective hydrogenolysis of biomass derivatives

YS Yun, CE Berdugo-Díaz, DW Flaherty - ACS Catalysis, 2021 - ACS Publications
Biomass has attracted great attention as an alternative to petrochemicals for the production
of valuable chemicals and fuels. Hydrogenolysis reactions over heterogeneous catalysts …

Fast and selective sugar conversion to alkyl lactate and lactic acid with bifunctional carbon–silica catalysts

F de Clippel, M Dusselier… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
A novel catalyst design for the conversion of mono-and disaccharides to lactic acid and its
alkyl esters was developed. The design uses a mesoporous silica, here represented by …

Recent advances in catalytic conversion of glycerol

CH Zhou, H Zhao, DS Tong, LM Wu, WH Yu - Catalysis Reviews, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The article underlines and discusses the state-of-the-art accomplishments in the catalytic
conversion of glycerol (1, 2, 3-propanetriol) to fuels and value-added chemicals in the past …

Evidence for the bifunctional nature of Pt–Re catalysts for selective glycerol hydrogenolysis

DD Falcone, JH Hack, AY Klyushin… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Rhenium substantially promotes the rate of Pt-catalyzed glycerol hydrogenolysis to
propanediols and shifts the product selectivity from 1, 2-propanediol to a mixture of 1, 2 and …

Glycerol hydrogenolysis to propylene glycol and ethylene glycol on zirconia supported noble metal catalysts

S Wang, K Yin, Y Zhang, H Liu - ACS Catalysis, 2013 - ACS Publications
Monoclinic zirconia (m-ZrO2) supported Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd nanoparticles with controlled
sizes were prepared and examined in glycerol hydrogenolysis to propylene glycol and …

Conversion of glycerol over 10% Ni/γ-Al2O3 catalyst

BC Miranda, RJ Chimentao, JBO Santos… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2014 - Elsevier
The conversion of glycerol in gas phase and atmospheric pressure has been investigated
over 10 wt.% Ni/γ-Al 2 O 3 catalyst. The catalysts were prepared with nickel nitrate and pre …

Lattice-matched bimetallic CuPd-graphene nanocatalysts for facile conversion of biomass-derived polyols to chemicals

X Jin, L Dang, J Lohrman, B Subramaniam, S Ren… - Acs Nano, 2013 - ACS Publications
A bimetallic nanocatalyst with unique surface configuration displays extraordinary
performance for converting biomass-derived polyols to chemicals, with potentially much …