Carbon-increasing catalytic strategies for upgrading biomass into energy-intensive fuels and chemicals

H Li, A Riisager, S Saravanamurugan, A Pandey… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Lignocellulosic biomass is the most abundant organic carbon source and has received a
great deal of interest as renewable and sustainable feedstock for the production of potential …

Recent developments in catalyst systems for selective oligomerization and polymerization of higher α-olefins

N Patel, V Valodkar, G Tembe - Polymer Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In this study, a comprehensive review of the recent developments in the use of various types
of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts for the dimerization, oligomerization and …

Applications of light olefin oligomerization to the production of fuels and chemicals

CP Nicholas - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2017 - Elsevier
The oligomerization of the light olefins ethene, propene, and butenes into fuels and
chemicals has been investigated and commercially practiced for many years. While the area …

A systems level analysis of ethanol upgrading strategies to middle distillates

JM Restrepo-Flórez, J Ryu, D Witkowski… - Energy & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
We systematically study the upgrading of ethanol toward middle distillates with desired
properties. To survey the large design space, we introduce a novel superstructure-based …

Metal-organic framework supported single-site nickel catalysts for butene dimerization

J Zheng, L Löbbert, S Chheda, N Khetrapal, J Schmid… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Homotopic sites in a well-controlled environment are not only ideal systems for mechanistic
studies, but also allow optimal control of catalytic transformations. Sites having only a single …

A hybrid pathway to biojet fuel via 2, 3-butanediol

SP Adhikari, J Zhang, Q Guo, KA Unocic… - Sustainable Energy & …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Production of biomass-derived sustainable alternative jet fuels (SAJF) has been considered
as an important approach to decarbonize the aviation industry but still possesses various …

Mesoporous ZSM-5 catalysts for the synthesis of clean jet-fuels by 1-hexene oligomerization

M Liao, X Ning, J Chen, J Zheng, W Li, R Li - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Zeolite is one kind of the solid acid catalysts for the oligomerization process but surfers from
rapid deactivation. In this specific study, a series of mesoporous ZSM-5 catalysts have been …

Ethylene dimerization and oligomerization to 1-butene and higher olefins with chromium-promoted cobalt on carbon catalyst

Z Xu, JP Chada, L Xu, D Zhao, DC Rosenfeld… - Acs …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Industrial dimerization of ethylene to 1-butene is achieved with catalysts bearing ligand
structures and activated by a co-catalyst. Here, we report that a Cr-promoted cobalt oxide on …

Understanding the origin of negative temperature dependence and activity of N-coordinated cobalt sites during ethylene dimerization

D Kiani, F Ibrahim, S Hayden, I Hermans… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The on-demand production of short-chain linear alpha olefins (LAOs; C 4-C 8) via C 2 H 4
dimerization and oligomerization is industrially attractive, prompting extensive research on …

Ethylene oligomerization into linear olefins over cobalt oxide on carbon catalyst

A Jonathan, NM Eagan, DL Bruns, SS Stahl… - Catalysis Science & …, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Here, we show that C4–C12 linear olefins, including linear alpha olefins, can be selectively
produced from ethylene over a stable cobalt oxide on carbon catalyst. Both bulk and surface …