Issue 72, 2016

Highly efficient nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbon supported Ni nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol

Abstract

Nickel nanoparticles supported on nitrogen doped hierarchically porous carbon (Ni/CN) are found to be highly efficient and reusable catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of biomass-derived furfural to furfuryl alcohol (FA). Various characterization methods were used to study the structural and morphological features of the catalysts. Furfural conversion of 96% and 95% FA selectivity was obtained using a 5 wt% Ni/CN catalyst. This catalyst showed excellent recyclability without any loss in activity and FA selectivity when it was reused four times. The higher catalytic performance is attributed to the nitrogen incorporated hierarchical porous 3D carbon network.

Graphical abstract: Highly efficient nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbon supported Ni nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
31 May 2016
Accepted
11 Jul 2016
First published
11 Jul 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 67662-67668

Highly efficient nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbon supported Ni nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol

T. V. Kotbagi, H. R. Gurav, A. S. Nagpure, S. V. Chilukuri and M. G. Bakker, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 67662 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA14078E

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