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ACS CATALYSIS
Volume 4, Issue 5, Pages 1574-1583Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/cs401199f
Keywords
lignin; hydrogenolysis; NiRu; aromatic chemicals; bimetallic
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- A*Star PSF project [WBS: R-279-000-403-305]
- MOE [WBS: R-279-000-387-112]
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In this paper, NiRu, NiRh, and NiPd catalysts were synthesized and evaluated in the hydrogenolysis of lignin C O bonds, which is proved to be superior over single-component catalysts. The optimized NiRu catalyst contains 85% Ni and 15% Ru, composed of Ni surface-enriched, Ru Ni atomically mixed, ultrasmall nanoparticles. The Ni85Ru15 catalyst showed high activity under low temperature (100 degrees C), low H-2 pressure (1 bar) in beta-O-4 type C-Obond hydrogenolysis. It also exhibited significantly higher activity over Ni and Ru catalysts in the direct conversion of lignin into monomeric aromatic chemicals. Mechanistic investigation indicates that the synergistic effect of NiRu can be attributed to three factors: (1) increased fraction of surface atoms (compared with Ni), (2) enhanced H-2 and substrate activation (compared with Ni), and (3) inhibited benzene ring hydrogenation (compared with Ru). Similarly, NiRh and NiPd catalysts were more active and selective than their singlecomponent counterparts in the hydrogenolysis of lignin model compounds and real lignin.
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