Issue 104, 2015
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Sustainable conversion of cellulosic biomass to chemicals under visible-light irradiation†

Lina Wang,a   Zhanying Zhang,b   Lixiong Zhang,c   Song Xue,d   William O. S. Doherty,b   Ian M. O'Harab  and  Xuebin Ke*a  

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a School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanic Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4101, Australia
E-mail: x.ke@qut.edu.au
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Tel: +61 731389197

b Centre for Tropical Crops and Biocommodities, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD 4001, Australia

c State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing 210009, China

d School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384, China

Abstract

For the first time, the conversion of crystalline cellulose to valuable chemicals was enhanced by visible-light irradiation using zeolite-based gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs). This plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic conversion significantly improved processing efficiency and achieved a high yield of 60% at relatively low temperature. Moreover, the photocatalytic properties of the photocatalysts varied with the light intensity and the irradiation wavelength.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA16616K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
18 Aug 2015
Accepted
02 Oct 2015
First published
02 Oct 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 85242-85247

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Sustainable conversion of cellulosic biomass to chemicals under visible-light irradiation

L. Wang, Z. Zhang, L. Zhang, S. Xue, W. O. S. Doherty, I. M. O'Hara and X. Ke, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 85242 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA16616K

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