Nature Communications (Jun 2022)

A unique Co@CoO catalyst for hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-dimethylfuran

  • Shuang Xiang,
  • Lin Dong,
  • Zhi-Qiang Wang,
  • Xue Han,
  • Luke L. Daemen,
  • Jiong Li,
  • Yongqiang Cheng,
  • Yong Guo,
  • Xiaohui Liu,
  • Yongfeng Hu,
  • Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta,
  • Sihai Yang,
  • Xue-Qing Gong,
  • Yanqin Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31362-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The development of precious-metal-free catalysts to promote the sustainable production of fuels and chemicals from biomass challenging. Here the authors report a unique core-shell structured Co@CoO catalyst which exhibits excellent performance in the hydrogenolysis of biomass-derived compounds.