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JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 2640-2646Publisher
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2013.7421
Keywords
Lignin; Mesoporous Y; Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis; Py-GC/MS
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- 'National Agenda Program (NAP)' through the Korea Research Council of Fundamental Science and Technology (KRCF)/Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)
- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology [2012R1A1B3003394]
- National Research Council of Science & Technology (NST), Republic of Korea [2E23800] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
- National Research Foundation of Korea [2012R1A1B3003394] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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The catalytic pyrolysis of lignin was carried out at 500 degrees C using pyrolysis gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. In-situ vapor cracking method, in which the vapor-phase products from the noncatalytic pyrolysis step were catalytically upgraded in the second step, was used. Mesoporous Y zeolite, which was synthesized from commercial zeolite Y (CBV720) using the pseudomorphic synthesis method, was used for the catalytic pyrolysis of lignin for the first time. Further, a representative mesoporous material, Al-MCM-41, was applied for the catalytic pyrolysis of lignin. The main products of the non-catalytic pyrolysis of lignin were phenolic compounds because lignin mainly comprises phenylpropane units. Catalytic upgrading of the non-catalytic pyrolysis products resulted in increased yields of low-molecular-mass phenolics, mono aromatics, and poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs). The production of mono aromatics and PAHs was enhanced remarkably when the more acidic mesoporous Y zeolite was used. Conversely, the yield of alkoxy phenolics was higher when the less acidic Al-MCM-41 was used. With increasing mesoporous Y/lignin ratio, the yield of total phenolics decreased and that of light phenolics increased. The yields of mono aromatics and PAHs increased sharply with increasing mesoporous Y/lignin ratio.
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