Conversion of biomass into chemicals over metal catalysts

M Besson, P Gallezot, C Pinel - Chemical reviews, 2014 - ACS Publications
The catalytic conversion of biomass and derivatives to chemicals has been the subject of
intense research efforts during the past decade resulting in a 20% annual increase in the …

Bimetallic catalysts for upgrading of biomass to fuels and chemicals

DM Alonso, SG Wettstein, JA Dumesic - Chemical Society Reviews, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Research interest in biomass conversion to fuels and chemicals has increased significantly
in the last decade as the necessity for a renewable source of carbon has become more …

Au–Pd separation enhances bimetallic catalysis of alcohol oxidation

X Huang, O Akdim, M Douthwaite, K Wang, L Zhao… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
In oxidation reactions catalysed by supported metal nanoparticles with oxygen as the
terminal oxidant, the rate of the oxygen reduction can be a limiting factor. This is exemplified …

Designing bimetallic catalysts for a green and sustainable future

M Sankar, N Dimitratos, PJ Miedziak… - Chemical Society …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
This Critical Review provides an overview of the recent developments in the synthesis and
characterization of bimetallic nanoparticles. Initially the review follows a materials science …

Synergistic catalysis over bimetallic alloy nanoparticles

AK Singh, Q Xu - ChemCatChem, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Bimetallic nanoparticles (NPs) have emerged as an important class of catalysts. In many
cases, bimetallic alloy NPs have higher catalytic efficiencies than their monometallic …

Glycerol oxidation using gold-containing catalysts

A Villa, N Dimitratos, CE Chan-Thaw… - Accounts of chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Glycerol is an important byproduct of biodiesel production, and it is produced in
significant amounts by transesterification of triglycerides with methanol. Due to the highly …

Preparation and catalytic applications of nanomaterials: a review

N Sharma, H Ojha, A Bharadwaj, DP Pathak… - Rsc Advances, 2015 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalysts play a very important role in the chemical industries. Catalysts have been used in
processes like the workup of fuels such as oil, gas and coal, purification of effluents and …

Metal‐free heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable chemistry

DS Su, J Zhang, B Frank, A Thomas… - … Energy & Materials, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The current established catalytic processes used in chemical industries use metals, in many
cases precious metals, or metal oxides as catalysts. These are often energy‐consuming and …

Electrocatalytic oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2, 5-furandicarboxylic acid on supported Au and Pd bimetallic nanoparticles

DJ Chadderdon, L **n, J Qi, Y Qiu, P Krishna… - Green …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
This work explores the potential-dependent electrocatalytic oxidation of 5-
hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in alkaline media over supported Au and Pd nanoparticles and …

Recent progress in synergistic catalysis over heterometallic nanoparticles

HL Jiang, Q Xu - Journal of Materials Chemistry, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Heterometallic nanoparticles (NPs) have been emerging as a type of important catalyst.
Bimetallic NPs with alloyed and core–shell structures have higher activities than …