Nanoporous Cu–Al–Co Alloys for Selective Furfural Hydrodeoxygenation to 2-Methylfuran

Journal Article · Fri Mar 17 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00316· OSTI ID:1397286

Hutchings, Gregory S. ^[1]; Luc, Wesley ^[1]; Lu, Qi ^[1]; Zhou, Yang ^[2]; Vlachos, Dionisios G. ^[3]; Jiao, Feng  ^[1]

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1. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
2. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
3. Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE (United States). Center for Catalytic Science and Technology, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

By finding new catalysts for selective and efficient conversion of biomass-derived products to industrially relevant chemicals and fuels, a transition from fossil fuel feedstocks may be achieved. Furfural (C₅H₄O₂) is a platform chemical which may be converted to multiple heterocyclic and ring-opening products, but to date there have been few catalysts which enable selective hydrodeoxygenation to 2-methylfuran (2-MF, C₅H₆O). Here, we present a self-supported nanoporous Cu–Al–Co ternary alloy catalyst with high furfural HDO activity toward 2-MF, achieving up to 66.0% selectivity and 98.2% overall conversion at 513 K with only a ~5 atomic % Co composition. Some further analysis over multiple temperature conditions and nominal Co concentrations was performed to examine optimal conditions and tune catalyst performance, and operando X-ray absorption spectroscopy experiments were conducted to elucidate the structure of the catalyst in the reaction environment.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
• DOE Contract Number: SC0001004; AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 1397286
• Journal Information: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol. 56, Issue 14; ISSN 0888-5885
• Publisher: American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

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