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INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
Volume 184, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2022.115019
Keywords
Corncob; Levulinic acid; Microcrystalline cellulose; Mo-doped carbon microspheres; Catalyst
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- Foundation of Modern Agricultural Innovation Center, Henan Institute of Sun Yat-sen University [N2021-002]
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This work presents a simple and green method for catalytic valorization of agricultural waste into levulinic acid using Mo-doped carbon microspheres (MoCMP). The MoCMP catalyst, which contains both Bronsted and Lewis acid, was synthesized without any additional modification. The MoCMP demonstrated a high levulinic acid yield and showed potential for the production of valuable chemicals from agricultural biomass.
This work presents the catalytic valorization agricultural waste into levulinic acid over Mo-doped carbon microspheres (MoCMP) in gamma-valerolactone/water solvents. The MoCMP with Bronsted and Lewis acid were synthesized by hydrothermal carbonization of uncrystallized cellulose with phosphomolybdic acid in one step, which was in absence of any additional modification. The MoCMP catalyst displayed a peak levulinic acid yield of 33.02% at 195 degrees C for 90 min. The improvement of Lewis acid sites was related by the Mo2C and Mo6+ species to promote the isomerization of glucose to fructose. The enhanced strong Bronsted acid sites were generated by carboxyl groups to facilitate the glucose dehydration to levulinic acid. MoCMP provided a high catalytic efficiency for production of LA from corncob. A simple and green method was proposed to synthesize Mo-doped carbon microspheres for valorization of agricultural biomass into valuable chemicals.
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