Aqueous-phase Selective Hydrogenation of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol over Ordered-mesoporous Carbon Supported Pt Catalysts Prepared by Onestep Modified Soft-template Self-assembly Method.

Ordered mesoporous carbon (OMC) has attracted a great deal of attention as catalyst support due to their tunable morphological and textural properties. In this study, the characteristics and catalytic properties of OMC-supported Pt catalysts prepared by one-step modified soft-template self-assembly method (Pt/OMC-one-pot) were compared to the Pt impregnated on OMC, activated carbon (AC), and nonuniform meso/macroporous carbon (MC) in the selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol (FA) under mild conditions (50°C, 2 MPa H). Larger Pt particle size (~4 nm) was obtained on the Pt/OMC-one-pot comparing to all the impregnated ones, in which the Pt particle sizes were in the range 0.

Effects of TiO structure and Co addition as a second metal on Ru-based catalysts supported on TiO for selective hydrogenation of furfural to FA.

The TiO supported Ru-based catalysts were prepared with 1.5 wt% Ru and 0-0.8 wt% Co on various TiO (anatase, rutile, P-25, and sol-gel TiO) and studied in the liquid-phase selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol (FA) under mild conditions (50 °C and 2 MPa H).