Journal
GREEN CHEMISTRY
Volume 19, Issue 8, Pages 1895-1903Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c7gc00149e
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- NSFC [21572213]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2013CB228103]
- Program for Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Research Team in University of the Ministry of Education of China
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [wk 2060190040]
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Lignin primarily composed of methoxylated phenylpropanoid subunits is an abundant biomass that can be used to produce aromatics. Herein, a series of non-precious bimetallic Ni-Fe/AC catalysts were prepared for efficiently depolymerizing lignin. When organosolv birch lignin was used to determine the efficiency of the catalysts in methanol solvent, the Ni-1-Fe-1/AC (the ratio of Ni and Fe was 1 : 1) achieved the highest total yield of monomers (23.2 wt%, mainly propylguaiacol and propylsyringol) at 225 degrees C under 2 MPa H-2 for 6 h. From GPC analysis, it is also proved that lignin was efficiently depolymerized. The Ni-Fe alloy structure was formed according to XRD, HRTEM, H-2-TPR and XPS characterization. Based on the model compounds' tests, the Ni-1-Fe-1/AC catalyst showed high efficiency in ether bond cleavage without hydrogenation of aromatic rings which could be attributed to the synergistic effect of Ni and Fe on the alloy structure. The total yield of monomers by using the Ni-1-Fe-1/AC catalyst reached 39.5 wt% (88% selectivity to PG and PS) when birch wood sawdust was used as the substrate.
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