Promoter Effect of Pt on Zr Catalysts to Increase the Conversion of Furfural to γ-Valerolactone Using Batch and Continuous Flow Reactors: Influence of the Way of the Incorporation of the Pt Sites.

The valorization of biomass and its transformation into fuels are highly interesting due to the abundance of biomass and its almost neutral carbon emissions. In this article, we show the production of γ-valerolactone (GVL), a valuable product, from furfural (FF), a compound that can be easily obtained from biomass. This FF to GVL transformation involves a catalytic cascade reaction with two hydrogenation steps.

Aquivion-Based Spray Freeze-Dried Composite Materials for the Cascade Production of γ-Valerolactone.

The development of multifunctional catalysts is a necessary step to effectively carry out one-pot cascade reactions, such as that from furfural to γ-valerolactone. This research effort faces the challenge posed by the intrinsic limit of how many kinds of catalytic sites a single material can bear. In this work, the application of Spray-Freeze Drying (SFD) as a synthetic technique for the preparation of a wide range of innovative composite multi-functional catalysts is reported.

A High Pressure Operando Spectroscopy Examination of Bimetal Interactions in 'Metal Efficient' Palladium/In O /Al O Catalysts for CO Hydrogenation.

CO hydrogenation to methanol has the potential to serve as a sustainable route to a wide variety of hydrocarbons, fuels and plastics in the quest for net zero. Synergistic Pd/In O (Palldium on Indium Oxide) catalysts show high CO conversion and methanol selectivity, enhancing methanol yield. The identity of the optimal active site for this reaction is unclear, either as a Pd-In alloy, proximate metals, or distinct sites.

Insights into the Electrochemical Reduction of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural at High Current Densities.

The electrocatalytic reduction of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is highly selective to 2,5-bishydroxymethylfuran (BHMF) at pH=9.2, diluted HMF solutions, and low current densities. In this work, the electrochemical reduction of 0.

AgCu Bimetallic Electrocatalysts for the Reduction of Biomass-Derived Compounds.

The electrochemical transformation of biomass-derived compounds (e.g., aldehyde electroreduction to alcohols) is gaining increasing interest due to the sustainability of this process that can be exploited to produce value-added products from biowastes and renewable electricity.

On the chemistry of ethanol on basic oxides: revising mechanisms and intermediates in the Lebedev and Guerbet reactions.

A common way to convert ethanol into chemicals is by upgrading it over oxide catalysts with basic features; this method makes it possible to obtain important chemicals such as 1-butanol (Guerbet reaction) and 1,3-butadiene (Lebedev reaction). Despite their long history in chemistry, the details of the close inter-relationship of these reactions have yet to be discussed properly. Our present study focuses on reactivity tests, in situ diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, MS analysis, and theoretical modeling.

Highly conductive Ni steam reforming catalysts prepared by electrodeposition.

New highly conductive, active and stable Ni steam reforming catalysts were prepared through a method consisting of the calcination of a hydrotalcite-like compound electrodeposited in a single step on FeCrAlloy foams.