Pyrolysis of the Cellulose Fraction of Biomass in Presence of Solid Acid Catalysts: An Operando Spectroscopy and Theoretical Investigation | Sciact - CRIS-system of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis

Pyrolysis of the Cellulose Fraction of Biomass in Presence of Solid Acid Catalysts: An Operando Spectroscopy and Theoretical Investigation Full article

Journal

ChemSusChem
ISSN: 1864-5631 , E-ISSN: 1864-564X

Output data

Year: 2018, Volume: 11, Number: 23, Pages: 4044-4059 Pages count : 16 DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201802073

Tags

biomass; operando spectroscopy; supported Al2O3/SiO2; solid acid; catalysts

Authors

Keturakis Christopher ^1,5 , Lapina Olga B. ^2,3 , Shubin Alexandr A. ^2,3 , Terskikh Victor V. ⁴ , Papulovskiy Evgeniy S. ² , Yudaev Ivan V. ² , Paukshtis Eugine A. ^2,3 , Wachs Israel E. ¹

Affiliations

1	Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 USA
2	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, pr. Lavrentieva, 5, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
3	Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova, 2, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia
4	Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N6N5
5	Cummins Emission Solutions, Stoughton, WI, 53589 USA

Funding (3)

1	Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation	ГЗ-2017-2020
2	Russian Foundation for Basic Research	17-03-00531
3	National Science Foundation	CBET-1236716

Biomass pyrolysis by solid acid catalysts is one of many promising technologies for sustainable production of hydrocarbon liquid fuels and value‐added chemicals, but these complex chemical transformations are still poorly understood. A series of well‐defined model SiO2‐supported alumina catalysts were synthesized and molecularly characterized, under dehydrated conditions and during biomass pyrolysis, with the aim of establishing fundamental catalyst structure‐activity/selectivity relationships. The nature and corresponding acidity of the supported AlOx nanostructures on SiO2 were determined with 27Al/1H NMR, IR of chemisorbed CO and DFT calculations. Operando time‐resolved IR‐Raman‐MS spectroscopy studies revealed the molecular transformations taking place during biomass pyrolysis. The molecular transformations during biomass pyrolysis depended on both the domain size of the AlOx cluster and molecular nature of the biomass feedstock. These new insights allowed establishing fundamental structure‐activity/selectivity relationships during biomass pyrolysis.

Keturakis C. , Lapina O.B. , Shubin A.A. , Terskikh V.V. , Papulovskiy E.S. , Yudaev I.V. , Paukshtis E.A. , Wachs I.E.
Pyrolysis of the Cellulose Fraction of Biomass in Presence of Solid Acid Catalysts: An Operando Spectroscopy and Theoretical Investigation

ChemSusChem. 2018. V.11. N23. P.4044-4059. DOI: 10.1002/cssc.201802073 WOS Scopus РИНЦ OpenAlex AN PMID

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Submitted:	Sep 6, 2018
Accepted:	Oct 15, 2018
Published online:	Oct 18, 2018
Published print:	Dec 11, 2018

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≡ Scopus:	2-s2.0-85056797527
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≡ Chemical Abstracts:	2018:2279687
≡ PMID:	30338653

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