Advances in porous and nanoscale catalysts for viable biomass conversion

P Sudarsanam, E Peeters, EV Makshina… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterogeneous catalysis is a promising technology for the valorization of renewable
biomass to sustainable advanced fuels and fine chemicals. Porosity and nanostructure are …

Recent advances in the applications of mesoporous silica in heterogeneous catalysis

X Yu, CT Williams - Catalysis science & technology, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Mesoporous silica is a class of silica material with a large specific surface area, high specific
pore volume and meso-sized pores. These properties make mesoporous silica a good …

Bifunctional catalysts for upgrading of biomass-derived oxygenates: a review

AM Robinson, JE Hensley, JW Medlin - ACS catalysis, 2016 - ACS Publications
Deoxygenation is an important reaction in the conversion of biomass-derived oxygenates to
fuels and chemicals. A key route for biomass refining involves the production of pyrolysis oil …

Amine–Oxide Hybrid Materials for CO2 Capture from Ambient Air

SA Didas, S Choi, W Chaikittisilp… - Accounts of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Oxide supports functionalized with amine moieties have been used for decades
as catalysts and chromatographic media. Owing to the recognized impact of atmospheric …

Influence of zeolite ZSM-5 synthesis protocols and physicochemical properties in the methanol-to-olefin process

HS Kamaluddin, X Gong, P Ma, K Narasimharao… - Materials Today …, 2022 - Elsevier
To address the growing concerns regarding climate change and the depletion of fossil
resources, the zeolite ZSM-5 catalyzed methanol-to-olefin (MTO) process is considered to …

A review on catalytic pyrolysis for high-quality bio-oil production from biomass

TK Dada, M Sheehan, S Murugavelh… - Biomass Conversion and …, 2023 - Springer
Biomass is a renewable source and potentially sustainable fossil fuel replacement due to its
availability, lower processing cost, high conversion, and lower life cycle carbon emissions …

Tuning Cooperativity by Controlling the Linker Length of Silica-Supported Amines in Catalysis and CO2 Capture

NA Brunelli, SA Didas… - Journal of the …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Cooperative interactions between aminoalkylsilanes and silanols on a silica surface can be
controlled by varying the length of the alkyl linker attaching the amine to the silica surface …

Heterogeneous Catalytic Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ‐Valerolactone with Formic Acid as Internal Hydrogen Source

Z Yu, X Lu, J Xiong, X Li, H Bai, N Ji - ChemSusChem, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
As one of the most promising biomass‐based platform molecules, γ‐valerolactone (GVL)
can be synthesized from a variety of lignocellulosic feedstocks through different hydrogen …

Design of organic/inorganic hybrid catalysts for energy and environmental applications

ED Goodman, C Zhou, M Cargnello - ACS Central Science, 2020 - ACS Publications
Controlling selectivity between competing reaction pathways is crucial in catalysis. Several
approaches have been proposed to achieve this goal in traditional heterogeneous catalysts …

A spatially orthogonal hierarchically porous acid–base catalyst for cascade and antagonistic reactions

MA Isaacs, CMA Parlett, N Robinson, LJ Durndell… - Nature Catalysis, 2020 - nature.com
Complex organic molecules are of great importance to research and industrial chemistry
and typically synthesized from smaller building blocks by multistep reactions. The ability to …