Acetic acid is an essential intermediate chemical and belongs to the top 50 commodities of
the chemical industry. Dehydration of acetic acid/water mixture is an indispensable process …

Silica membranes have been successfully practiced for solvent dehydration and emerged as
an exciting platform for gas separations (such as H 2/CO 2) due to their unique porous …

This paper reviews the investigated applications of membrane reactors for in situ water
removal during catalytic reactions in the food, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and petrochemical …

Since membrane separations, such as vapor permeation (VP) or pervaporation (PV), are not
limited by vapor-liquid equilibrium, their coupling with distillation can exert a synergistic …

The integrated liquid phase process for producing furfuryl alcohol involves three stages: i)
liquid–liquid extraction for recovering furfural from the aqueous solution obtained after a …

In the past, the research in molecular separation membranes prepared through sol–gel
technologies has been dominated by ceramic membranes. Especially, silica membranes …

Primary alkyl alcohols can be directly converted into acetals and H2via TiO2-photocatalytic
dehydrogenation coupling at room temperature, with no need for any hydrogen acceptors …

As one of the most important biomass platform molecules, ethanol needs to have its product
chain chemically extended to meet future demands in renewable fuels and chemicals …

The exceptional hydrothermal-and solvent stability of organically linked silica makes it a
promising candidate material for molecular separation membranes. Tailoring towards …

The decomposition of ethanol, one of the most important biomass platform molecules, was
investigated under green conditions, ambient temperature, atmospheric pressure and air for …