Direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woody biomass into liquid alkanes

Qineng Xia; Zongjia Chen; Yi Shao; Xueqing Gong; Haifeng Wang; Xiaohui Liu; Stewart F. Parker; Xue Han; Sihai Yang; Yanqin Wang

doi:10.1038/ncomms11162

Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woody biomass into liquid alkanes

Qineng Xia,
Zongjia Chen,
Yi Shao,
Xueqing Gong,
Haifeng Wang,
Xiaohui Liu,
Stewart F. Parker,
Xue Han,
Sihai Yang,
Yanqin Wang

Affiliations

Qineng Xia: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology
Zongjia Chen: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology
Yi Shao: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology
Xueqing Gong: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology
Haifeng Wang: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology
Xiaohui Liu: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology
Stewart F. Parker: ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
Xue Han: School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Sihai Yang: School of Chemistry, University of Manchester
Yanqin Wang: Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11162
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The conversion of renewable lignocellulosic biomass into liquid fuels is attractive but extremely challenging due to the inertness and complexity of lignocellulose. Here, the authors describe the direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woods into liquid alkanes over a multifunctional Pt/NbOPO4catalyst.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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