Solid nanocatalyst aluminum dodecatungstophosphate (Al0.9H0.3PW12O40, abbreviated as AlPW) with nanotube structure was synthesized through a natural cellulose fiber template. The AlPW nanotubes, which are highly water-tolerant and acid-tolerant, can be described as green double acids, as they combine both Brønsted and Lewis acid sites. They have been applied as an efficient nanoheterogeneous ca...

The grafting of titania on SBA-15 followed by its phosphation was presented to prepare a mesoporous Lewis–Brønsted bifunctional solid acid catalyst for the tandem conversion glucose via fructose 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Titania dispersed as an amorphous surface layer containing abundant coordinatively unsaturated tetrahedral Ti ions, which reactive and readily transformed upon into new ti...

A sulphated tin ion-exchanged montmorillonite (SO4/Sn-MMT) was successfully prepared by the ion exchange method of montmorillonite (MMT) with SnCl4, followed by the sulphation. This catalysis was applied as a solid acid catalyst for the heterogeneous catalytic transformations of xylose and xylan into furfural in the bio-based 2-methyltetrahydrofuran/H2O biphasic system. These prepared catalysts...

5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) synthesis from glucose over in-situ phosphated titania catalysts is presented. Phosphates were incorporated into framework forming a titanium phosphate surface layer, where the coordinatively unsaturated tetrahedral TiO 4 units act as water-tolerant Lewis acid site (LAS) and adjacent protonated Brønsted (BAS), together Lewis-Brønsted pairs at molecular-level proxim...

The purpose of this study is to identify the deactivation mechanism(s) that occurs during aromatization dilute ethylene at 500 °C on Zn/H-MFI catalyst. More than 15 catalysts, with a Zn/H+ molar ratio ranging from 0 (H-ZSM5) 1.8 (Zn/H-ZSM5), were prepared by wet impregnation. Deactivation does not result Zn sublimation, but coking. function and coke deposition can be modelled simple exponential...

From the synthetic point of view, organic synthesis via catalytic processes offers many benefits. Catalysis frequently obviates the excessive use of the activating reagents and associated tedious purification processes, thereby offering more environmentally benign synthetic processes. Furthermore, the specific activation mode of a catalyst allows for highly chemoselective transformations that a...