Sustainable energy generation calls for a shift away from centralized, high-temperature,
energy-intensive processes to decentralized, low-temperature conversions that can be …

Conspectus Rationally designing and producing suitable catalysts to promote specific
reaction pathways remains a major objective in heterogeneous catalysis. One approach …

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 …

Solvents not only disperse reactants to enhance mass transport in catalytic reactions but
also alter the reaction kinetically. Here, we show that the rate of benzaldehyde …

Electrocatalysis poses a number of possible advantages for the valorization of biomass-
derived feedstocks, most critically its amenability to direct conversion in acidic aqueous …

One key route for controlling reaction selectivity in heterogeneous catalysis is to prepare
catalysts that exhibit only specific types of sites required for desired product formation. Here …

Biomass derived species represent an emerging alternative to petroleum as an industrial
carbon feedstock. Effective utilization of biomass requires reductive upgrading of the raw …

The open circuit potential (OCP) established by the quasi-equilibrated electrode reaction of
H2 and H3O+ (hydr.), complicates catalytic reactions significantly. The hydrogenolysis rate …

Supported bimetallic catalysts consisting of a noble metal (eg, Pt) and an oxophilic metal
(eg, Mo) have received considerable attention for the hydrodeoxygenation of oxygenated …

The initial reaction rates on a per site basis for aqueous-phase hydrogenation (APH) of
different oxygenated compounds: including acetaldehyde, propanal, acetone, xylose …