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Title: Vapor phase hydrogenation of furfural over nickel mixed metal oxide catalysts derived from layered double hydroxides

Abstract

The hydrogenation of furfural is investigated over various reduced nickel mixed metal oxides derived from layered double hydroxides (LDHs) containing Ni-Mg-Al and Ni-Co-Al. Upon reduction, relatively large Ni(0) domains develop in the Ni-Mg-Al catalysts, whereas in the Ni-Co-Al catalysts smaller metal particles of Ni(0) and Co(0), potentially as alloys, are formed, as evidenced by XAS, XPS, STEM and EELS. All the reduced Ni catalysts display similar selectivities towards major hydrogenation products (furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol), though the side products varied with the catalyst composition. The 1.1Ni-0.8Co-Al catalyst showed the greatest activity per titrated site when compared to the other catalysts, with promising activity compared to related catalysts in the literature. In conclusion, the use of base metal catalysts for hydrogenation of furanic compounds may be a promising alternative to the well-studied precious metal catalysts for making biomass-derived chemicals if catalyst selectivity can be improved in future work by alloying or tuning metal-oxide support interactions.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [1]
  1. Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, GA (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation (CCEI)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1325492
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1358758
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; SC0001004
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Applied Catalysis. A, General
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 517; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0926-860X
Publisher:
Elsevier
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; biomass; furfural; hydrogenation; layered double hydroxide; mixed metal oxide; cobalt

Citation Formats

Sulmonetti, Taylor P., Pang, Simon H., Claure, Micaela Taborga, Lee, Sungsik, Cullen, David A., Agrawal, Pradeep K., and Jones, Christopher W. Vapor phase hydrogenation of furfural over nickel mixed metal oxide catalysts derived from layered double hydroxides. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.1016/j.apcata.2016.03.005.
Sulmonetti, Taylor P., Pang, Simon H., Claure, Micaela Taborga, Lee, Sungsik, Cullen, David A., Agrawal, Pradeep K., & Jones, Christopher W. Vapor phase hydrogenation of furfural over nickel mixed metal oxide catalysts derived from layered double hydroxides. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2016.03.005
Sulmonetti, Taylor P., Pang, Simon H., Claure, Micaela Taborga, Lee, Sungsik, Cullen, David A., Agrawal, Pradeep K., and Jones, Christopher W. Wed . "Vapor phase hydrogenation of furfural over nickel mixed metal oxide catalysts derived from layered double hydroxides". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2016.03.005. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1325492.
@article{osti_1325492,
title = {Vapor phase hydrogenation of furfural over nickel mixed metal oxide catalysts derived from layered double hydroxides},
author = {Sulmonetti, Taylor P. and Pang, Simon H. and Claure, Micaela Taborga and Lee, Sungsik and Cullen, David A. and Agrawal, Pradeep K. and Jones, Christopher W.},
abstractNote = {The hydrogenation of furfural is investigated over various reduced nickel mixed metal oxides derived from layered double hydroxides (LDHs) containing Ni-Mg-Al and Ni-Co-Al. Upon reduction, relatively large Ni(0) domains develop in the Ni-Mg-Al catalysts, whereas in the Ni-Co-Al catalysts smaller metal particles of Ni(0) and Co(0), potentially as alloys, are formed, as evidenced by XAS, XPS, STEM and EELS. All the reduced Ni catalysts display similar selectivities towards major hydrogenation products (furfuryl alcohol and tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol), though the side products varied with the catalyst composition. The 1.1Ni-0.8Co-Al catalyst showed the greatest activity per titrated site when compared to the other catalysts, with promising activity compared to related catalysts in the literature. In conclusion, the use of base metal catalysts for hydrogenation of furanic compounds may be a promising alternative to the well-studied precious metal catalysts for making biomass-derived chemicals if catalyst selectivity can be improved in future work by alloying or tuning metal-oxide support interactions.},
doi = {10.1016/j.apcata.2016.03.005},
journal = {Applied Catalysis. A, General},
number = C,
volume = 517,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Wed Mar 09 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}

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