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Direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woody biomass into liquid alkanes

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  • Qineng Xia

    (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Zongjia Chen

    (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Yi Shao

    (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Xueqing Gong

    (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Haifeng Wang

    (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Xiaohui Liu

    (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology)

  • Stewart F. Parker

    (ISIS Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory)

  • Xue Han

    (School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham
    School of Chemistry, University of Manchester)

  • Sihai Yang

    (School of Chemistry, University of Manchester)

  • Yanqin Wang

    (Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Research Institute of Industrial Catalysis, East China University of Science and Technology)

Abstract

Being the only sustainable source of organic carbon, biomass is playing an ever-increasingly important role in our energy landscape. The conversion of renewable lignocellulosic biomass into liquid fuels is particularly attractive but extremely challenging due to the inertness and complexity of lignocellulose. Here we describe the direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woods into liquid alkanes with mass yields up to 28.1 wt% over a multifunctional Pt/NbOPO4 catalyst in cyclohexane. The superior performance of this catalyst allows simultaneous conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose and, more significantly, lignin fractions in the wood sawdust into hexane, pentane and alkylcyclohexanes, respectively. Investigation on the molecular mechanism reveals that a synergistic effect between Pt, NbOx species and acidic sites promotes this highly efficient hydrodeoxygenation of bulk lignocellulose. No chemical pretreatment of the raw woody biomass or separation is required for this one-pot process, which opens a general and energy-efficient route for converting raw lignocellulose into valuable alkanes.

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  • Qineng Xia & Zongjia Chen & Yi Shao & Xueqing Gong & Haifeng Wang & Xiaohui Liu & Stewart F. Parker & Xue Han & Sihai Yang & Yanqin Wang, 2016. "Direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woody biomass into liquid alkanes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 7(1), pages 1-10, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:7:y:2016:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms11162
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11162
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