28 Fenton’s reagent, a solution of hydrogen peroxide and ferrous iron catalyst, is used for an 29 in-situ chemical oxidation of organic contaminants. Sulfuric acid is commonly used to 30 create an acidic condition needed for catalytic oxidation. Fenton’s reaction often involves 31 pressure buildup and precipitation of reaction products, which can cause safety hazards 32 and diminish efficiency....

Hydrolysis of ethyl acetate and starch in water and of cellulose in an ionic liquid by using HY and HZSM-5 solid acid catalysts are compared. In water, HZSM-5 is more active than HY. This trend is reversed in ionic liquid. Reactivity differences are explained based on interactions between solvent and catalyst acid site local environments, which depend on zeolite channel structure and Si/Al rati...

Article history: Received January 21, 2015 Received in revised form March 29, 2015 Accepted 9 April 2015 Available online 9 April 2015 This study investigated the selective synthesis of aryl-bis(2-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)methane for the first time under microwave irradiation in solvent-free medium within 5 min using 10 mol % of B(HSO4)3 (BSA) as reusable solid acid catalyst. The same reaction could ...

Carbon nanotubes have been explored as interconnects in solid acid fuel cells to improve the link between nanoscale Pt catalyst particles and macroscale current collectors. The nanotubes were grown by chemical vapor deposition on carbon paper substrates, using nickel nanoparticles as the catalyst, and were characterized using scanning electron microscopy and Raman spectroscopy. The composite el...

Acid-base solid catalysts synthesized with structurally controlled uniform active sites can lead to unique catalysis. In this study, a CePO4 catalyst was synthesized using a hydrothermal method and found to exhibit high catalytic performance for the chemoselective acetalization of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural with alcohols, in sharp contrast to other homogeneous and heterogeneous acid and/or base ca...

The solid catalyst with high catalytic activity and enantioselectivity in the hydrolytic kinetic resolution (HKR) of epoxides was prepared by confining Co(Salen) in the nanocage of SBA-16 through reducing the pore entrance size using a silylation method. It was found that the activity of the solid catalysts increased with the number of [Co(Salen)] molecules per nanocage increasing, and the soli...