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Nitridation-driven construction of Ru/WNO catalysts enables highly selective cellulose to C2 alcohols hydrogenolysis

Wei Jia,a   Nianxue Zhai,b   Hongxiao Wang,b   Dandan Wang,b   Yuandong Cui,b   Guoqing Ren ORCID logo *c  and  Xiaoli Yang*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Pei County Secondary Specialized School of Jiangsu Province, Xuzhou 221000, China

b College of Textiles and Clothing, State Key Laboratory of BioFibers and Eco-textiles, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266071, China
E-mail: xlyang@qdu.edu.cn

c Institute of Frontier Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shandong University, Qingdao, Shandong, P. R. China
E-mail: renguoqing@sdu.edu.cn

Abstract

Nitrogen-controlled nitridation of WOx yields Ru/WNO catalysts with tunable acidity, vacancy density, and Ru electronic structure. An optimally formed Ru/WNO/W interface enables selective retro-aldol scission and hydrogenation, affording 77.4% C2 alcohols selectivity from cellulose, whereas over-nitridation generates an inactive Ru–W alloy.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC07174G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Dec 2025
Accepted
02 Feb 2026
First published
03 Feb 2026

Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article

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Nitridation-driven construction of Ru/WNO catalysts enables highly selective cellulose to C2 alcohols hydrogenolysis

W. Jia, N. Zhai, H. Wang, D. Wang, Y. Cui, G. Ren and X. Yang, Chem. Commun., 2026, Advance Article , DOI: 10.1039/D5CC07174G

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