Clarifying solvent effect during photocatalytic glycerol conversion on TiO/GQD as selective photocatalyst.

Nowadays, dealing with the growing chemical and energy demands is important without compromising the environment. So, this work studies photocatalytic glycerol conversion (as biomass derivativ feedstock) into value-added products using an eco-friendly synthesized catalyst. Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) were prepared from available/cheap precursors like glucose via the hydrothermal method and used as a support for TiO.

Oxidative coupling of bio-alcohols mixture over hierarchically porous perovskite catalysts for sustainable acrolein production.

The acrolein production from bio-alcohols methanol and ethanol mixtures using AMnO (since A = Ba and/or Sr) perovskite catalysts was studied. All the prepared samples were characterized by XRD, XPS, N sorption, FTIR, Raman spectroscopy, TEM, SEM, TGA, and NH-CO-TPD. The catalytic oxidation reaction to produce acrolein has occurred two steps, the alcohols are firstly oxidized to corresponding aldehydes, and then the aldol is coupled with the produced aldehydes.

Metal organic framework-graphene nano-composites for high adsorption removal of DBT as hazard material in liquid fuel.

Nowadays, one of the most important energy issues is how to deal with the sulfur removal from liquid fuels in a simple and inexpensive ways. Adsorptive desulphurization process can solve this issue when use highly effective adsorbent like metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and its nano-composites. In this context, this study uses the green solvo-themal method for the preparation of MOF (Cu-BTC) and MOF/Graphene hybrid nano-composite to be used as an effective DBT adsorbent from the model fuels.