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Title: Hierarchically Structured CeO2 Catalyst Particles From Nanocellulose/Alginate Templates for Upgrading of Fast Pyrolysis Vapors

Journal Article · · Frontiers in Chemistry

Hierarchically structured porous materials often exhibit advantageous functionality for many applications including catalysts, adsorbents, and filtration systems. In this study, we report a facile approach to achieve hierarchically structured, porous cerium oxide (CeO2) catalyst particles using a templating method based on nanocellulose, a class of renewable, plant-derived nanomaterials. We demonstrate the catalyst performance benefits provided by this templating method in the context of Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis (CFP) which is a promising conversion technology to produce renewable fuel and chemical products from biomass and other types of organic waste. We show that variations in the porous structures imparted by this templating method may be achieved by modifying the content of cellulose nanofibrils, cellulose nanocrystals, and alginate in the templating suspensions. Nitrogen physisorption reveals that nearly 10-fold increases in surface area can be achieved using this method with respect to commercially available cerium oxide powder. Multiscale electron microscopy further verifies that bio-derived templating can alter the morphology of the catalyst nanostructure and tune the distribution of meso- and macro-porosity within the catalyst particles while maintaining CeO2 crystal structure. CFP experiments demonstrate that the templated catalysts display substantially higher activity on a gravimetric basis than their non-templated counterpart, and that variations in the catalyst architecture can impact the distribution of upgraded pyrolysis products. Finally, we demonstrate that the templating method described here may be extended to other materials derived from metal chlorides to achieve 3-dimensional networks of hierarchical porosity.

Research Organization:
National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Sustainable Transportation Office. Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1572417
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1574198
Report Number(s):
NREL/JA-2700-75394; 730
Journal Information:
Frontiers in Chemistry, Journal Name: Frontiers in Chemistry Vol. 7; ISSN 2296-2646
Publisher:
Frontiers Media SACopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
Switzerland
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 7 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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Chiral Nematic Mesoporous Carbon Derived From Nanocrystalline Cellulose journal September 2011
Biological Chitin-MOF Composites with Hierarchical Pore Systems for Air-Filtration Applications journal August 2015
Life-cycle analysis of integrated biorefineries with co-production of biofuels and bio-based chemicals: co-product handling methods and implications: Co-product handling methods and implications of life-cycle analysis of biofuel and bio-chemical co-producing biorefineries journal June 2018
Ceria-Based Solid Catalysts for Organic Chemistry journal May 2010
A Perspective on Catalytic Strategies for Deoxygenation in Biomass Pyrolysis journal August 2016
Heat and Mass Transfer Effects in a Furnace-Based Micropyrolyzer journal August 2016
Advancing catalytic fast pyrolysis through integrated multiscale modeling and experimentation: Challenges, progress, and perspectives
  • Ciesielski, Peter N.; Pecha, M. Brennan; Bharadwaj, Vivek S.
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, Vol. 7, Issue 4 https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.297
journal April 2018
American Process: Production of Low Cost Nanocellulose for Renewable, Advanced Materials Applications book January 2016
Condensation reactions of propanal over CexZr1−xO2 mixed oxide catalysts journal September 2010
Stabilization of furanics to cyclic ketone building blocks in the vapor phase journal October 2019
Production of nanocrystalline cellulose from lignocellulosic biomass: Technology and applications journal April 2013
Multi-scale simulation of reaction, transport and deactivation in a SBA-16 supported catalyst for the conversion of ethanol to butadiene journal November 2019
N-doped mesoporous TiO 2 nanoparticles synthesized by using biological renewable nanocrystalline cellulose as template for the degradation of pollutants under visible and sun light journal July 2016
A nanocellulose template strategy for the controllable synthesis of tungsten-containing mesoporous silica for ultra-deep oxidative desulfurization journal January 2018
Hierarchical porous ceramics with 3D reticular architecture and efficient flow-through filtration towards high-temperature particulate matter capture journal April 2019
Preparation methods of alginate nanoparticles journal July 2014
Sol–gel synthesis highly porous titanium dioxide microspheres with cellulose nanofibrils-based aerogel templates journal January 2015
Ultrahigh intercalation pseudocapacitance of mesoporous orthorhombic niobium pentoxide from a novel cellulose nanocrystal template journal January 2015
Template synthesis of porous titania using cellulose nanocrystals journal May 2007
Engineering of silica-supported platinum catalysts with hierarchical porosity combining latex synthesis, sonochemistry and sol-gel process – II. Catalytic performance journal January 2018
Hierarchical zeolites: Synthesis and catalytic properties journal March 2018
Low temperature carbonization of cellulose nanocrystals for high performance carbon anode of sodium-ion batteries journal March 2017
Modeling HCCI combustion of biofuels: A review journal April 2012
Cellulose Nanofibril Hydrogel Tubes as Sacrificial Templates for Freestanding Tubular Cell Constructs journal February 2016
Review of Hydrogels and Aerogels Containing Nanocellulose journal April 2017
Correction To Wood-Derived Materials for Green Electronics, Biological Devices, and Energy Applications journal September 2016
Ceria Catalysts at Nanoscale: How Do Crystal Shapes Shape Catalysis? journal June 2017
Multifunctional Cellulolytic Enzymes Outperform Processive Fungal Cellulases for Coproduction of Nanocellulose and Biofuels journal February 2017
Deactivation of Multilayered MFI Nanosheet Zeolite during Upgrading of Biomass Pyrolysis Vapors journal May 2017
Role of Biopolymers in the Deactivation of ZSM-5 during Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis of Biomass journal June 2018
Photocatalytic Antifouling Graphene Oxide-Mediated Hierarchical Filtration Membranes with Potential Applications on Water Purification journal September 2014
From Hydrocolloids to High Specific Surface Area Porous Supports for Catalysis journal September 2005
Properties and Reactivity of Nanostructured CeO 2 Powders:  Comparison among Two Synthesis Procedures journal December 2005
Cellulose Nanocrystals: Chemistry, Self-Assembly, and Applications journal June 2010
Ketonization of Carboxylic Acids: Mechanisms, Catalysts, and Implications for Biomass Conversion journal October 2013
A Sustainable Template for Mesoporous Zeolite Synthesis journal February 2014
Ordered Mesoporous CeO 2 Synthesized by Nanocasting from Cubic Ia3d Mesoporous MCM-48 Silica: Formation, Characterization and Photocatalytic Activity journal October 2008
Inorganic Hollow Nanotube Aerogels by Atomic Layer Deposition onto Native Nanocellulose Templates journal February 2011
Free-standing mesoporous silica films with tunable chiral nematic structures journal November 2010
Chemistry challenges to enable a sustainable bioeconomy journal September 2017
Synthesis of mesoporous silica by sol–gel mineralisation of cellulose nanorod nematic suspensions journal February 2003
Surfactant-assisted synthesis of CeO2 nanoparticles and their application in wastewater treatment journal January 2012
A critical review of the current knowledge regarding the biological impact of nanocellulose journal December 2016
Reporting physisorption data for gas/solid systems with special reference to the determination of surface area and porosity (Provisional) journal January 1982
Catalytic Upgrading of Biomass Fast Pyrolysis Vapors with Nano Metal Oxides: An Analytical Py-GC/MS Study journal November 2010
Synthesis and Characterization of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles by Hydroxide Mediated Approach journal December 2012

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