| Abstract |
Cellulosic ethanol produced from lignocellulose biomass can alleviate the shortage of conventional fossil energy supply and reduce global CO2 emissions. Wherein, hydrogenolysis of cellulose to ethanol is a new method for the synthesis of fuel ethanol, which could theoretically utilizes all carbon atoms in glucose in the direct retro-aldol condensation (RAC) reaction to produce ethanol, and can potentially break through the technical bottleneck of biological methods. Herein, we show that the benefits of the mesoporous structure of tungsten-based catalysts can be leveraged to influence the selective hydrogenolysis of cellulose into C2 products. Comparing the performance of different pore size SiO2 supported tungsten catalysts and detailed characterizations revealed that the mesoporous structure of supports can affect the morphology, crystal sizes, and surface chemistry of the catalysts, which presented a combined effect on the hydrogenolysis reaction. Whereby, 51.5 wt% ethylene glycol (EG) was obtained from the direct hydrogenolysis of cellulose over Ru-WOx/SiO2 (500 Ȧ) catalyst under 513 K, and 40.5 wt% ethanol (EtOH) was obtained from the direct hydrogenolysis of cellulose over Ir-WOx/SiO2 (500 Ȧ) catalyst under 553 K, respectively. |
| Authors |
Yujing Weng  , Yan Wang , Mingwei Zhang , Xiaolong Wang , Qi Sun , Shifang Mu , Haiyong Wang , Maohong Fan  , Yulong Zhang
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| Journal Info |
Elsevier BV | Catalysis Today , vol: 407
, pages: 89 - 95
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| Publication Date |
10/9/2023 |
| ISSN |
0920-5861 |
Type |
article |
| Open Access |
bronze
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| DOI |
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2022.02.008 |
| Keywords |
Heterogeneous Catalysts (Score: 0.532058) , Ethanol Fermentation (Score: 0.513074) , Bioethanol Production (Score: 0.512588) , Catalytic Conversions (Score: 0.507421) , Cellulase Enzymes (Score: 0.50456)
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