Constructing layer-by-layer self-assembly MoS/C nanomaterials by a one-step hydrothermal method for catalytic hydrogenation of phenanthrene.

Layer-by-layer self-assembly MoS/C nanomaterials are constructed through the electrostatic adsorption between MoS nuclei with positive charge and C nuclei with negative charge using a facile one-step hydrothermal method. The layer-by-layer self-assembly MoS/C catalysts with high exposure of catalytic hydrogenation active sites exhibit enhanced catalytic performance in phenanthrene hydrogenation.

The Role of Slurry Reflux in a Corn Stalk Continuous Anaerobic Digestion System: Performance and Microbial Community.

Slurry reflux is a low-cost slurry reduction technology, which can solve the problem that a large amount of slurry cannot be completely consumed in a biogas plant. Anaerobic digestion (AD) of corn stalks with slurry reflux and non-reflux was compared and evaluated in continuous anaerobic digestion to clarify the effects of slurry reflux on AD with organic loading rate (OLR) variation. It was found that slurry reflux increased cumulative methane production and improved system stability.

Direct synthesis of shaped MgAPO-11 molecular sieves and the catalytic performance in -dodecane hydroisomerization.

In industrial application, molecular sieves are usually used in a certain shape. This requires the addition of binder and causes the reduction of both the molecular sieve content and catalytic performance. Herein, pseudo-boemite was mixed with deionized water at room temperature, followed by the drop-wise addition of phosphoric acid, magnesium acetate solution, hydrofluoric acid, di--propylamine and 1-ethyl-3-methyl imidazolium bromide with vigorous stirring.

Highly Effective Pd/MgO/γ-AlO Catalysts for CO Oxidative Coupling to Dimethyl Oxalate: The Effect of MgO Coating on γ-AlO.

The support of MgO/γ-AlO was initially prepared by a multiple impregnation method and Pd was placed on the surface of the MgO/γ-AlO support via incipient wetness impregnation. Pd/MgO/γ-AlO (Pd/MAO) catalysts were systematically characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), CO-temperature-programmed desorption (TPD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), CO-Fourier transform infrared (CO-FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and tested in the CO oxidative coupling to dimethyl oxalate (DMO) reaction. Compared to Pd/γ-AlO, the catalytic activities of the Pd/MAO catalysts improved significantly.

Biomass-Derived Graphene-like Carbon: Efficient Metal-Free Carbocatalysts for Epoxidation.

N-doped graphene-like layered carbon (NG) could be synthesized via a metal-free pyrolysis route from glucose, fructose, and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), which are cheap and widely available biomass or biomass derivatives. A well-developed thin-layer structure with large lateral dimensions could be obtained when 5-HMF was used as the precursor. More importantly, the 5-HMF-derived NG gave superior performance in epoxidation reactions compared with the conventional carbon catalysts and the performance of 5-HMF derived NG was even similar to that of a cobalt catalyst.

Hydrothermal Carbon Enriched with Oxygenated Groups from Biomass Glucose as an Efficient Carbocatalyst.

Metal-free carbocatalysts enriched with specific oxygenated groups with different morphology and size were synthesized from glucose by hydrothermal carbonization, in which cheap and widely available biomass could be converted into functionalized carbon using an environmentally benign process. The hydroxy- and carbonyl-enriched hydrothermal carbon (HTC) could be used in nitrobenzene reduction, and higher conversion was obtained on the sphere morphology with smaller size. In the Beckmann rearrangement of cyclohexanone oxime, carboxyl-enriched HTC exhibited superior performance compared with conventional solid acid (such as HY and HZSM-5), on which the strong acid sites and weak Lewis acid sites lead to high selectivity for the side product.

One-step hydrotreatment of vegetable oil to produce high quality diesel-range alkanes.

A one-step hydrotreatment of vegetable oil combining deoxygenation and isomerization to directly produce low cloud point, high quality diesel is devised. The Pt/zeolite bifunctional catalysts prepared by using SAPO-11 and ZSM-22 zeolites as supports are used in this process. Catalytic reactions are conducted in a fixed-bed reactor under a hydrogen atmosphere.