Sustainable production of biofuels from biomass feedstocks using modified montmorillonite catalysts

L Ban, D Wu, D Sun, H Zhou, H Wang, H Zhang… - …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
The rampant exploitation of fossil fuels has led to the significant energy scarcity and
environmental disruption, affecting the sound momentum of development and progress of …

Sustainable closed-loop biorefinery of γ-valerolactone from lignocellulosic biomass: Pretreatments of multiple biomass and synthesis of γ-valerolactone from multiple …

Y Li, H Sun, T Mu, M Garcia-Vaquero - Biomass and Bioenergy, 2025 - Elsevier
Lignocellulosic biomass as a green renewable energy can not only alleviate the
dependence on petrochemical energy, but also reduce the waste of resources caused by …

Hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol over nickel-supported on organoclay catalyst

PA Kamble, CP Vinod, VK Rathod… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Nickel supported on organoclay prepared by the impregnation method provides excellent
catalytic activity for the hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol. The relative …

Efficient transformation of levulinic acid/esters to γ-valerolactone via a durable catalyst with simply tunable acid-base sites

L Zhang, B Zhou, Y Hong, Q Wu, J Qiu, J Chen… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The xZrO 2/TiO 2-PMo (y) catalysts were synthesized using a conventional
impregnation method with TiO 2 as the support. By simply adjusting the loading amount of Zr …

Synthesis of etheric ester based biofuel additive over bifunctional metal/zeolite catalysts comprising NiRe nanoparticles and Beta zeolite

L Luo, Y Ma, Y He, J Wang, T Xue, H Wu, Y Guan… - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Biomass derived etheric ester compounds show promising applications as renewable fuel
additives and solvents. In this study, we reported the preparation of bifunctional transition …

Kinetic Model of Hydrogenation of Glucose to Sorbitol on a Ni/Bentonite Catalyst

H Pandya, CP Vinod, V Rathod… - Industrial & Engineering …, 2024 - ACS Publications
In the present work, we studied the hydrogenation of glucose to sorbitol using a
nickel/bentonite catalyst. The Ni/bentonite catalyst was prepared by the wet impregnation …

Synthesis of bentonite-supported Ni, La, and Ca catalysts for hydrogen production through steam reforming of acetic acid

D Dumlu, S Karadeniz, TK Kanatlı, E Ceylan… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, the production of hydrogen-rich gas through the steam reforming of acetic acid
using bentonite-supported catalysts was investigated. Bentonite was treated by washing and …

Functionalized biochars as supports for Ru/C catalysts: tunable and efficient materials for γ-valerolactone production

CE Bounoukta, C Megías-Sayago, JC Navarro… - Nanomaterials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Cotton stalks-based biochars were prepared and used to synthetize Ru-supported catalysts
for selective production of γ-valerolactone from levulinic acid in aqueous media. Different …

Hydrothermal processing of agar waste to levulinic acid and fermentation of hydrolysate to bioethanol

G Suresh, H Kopperi, SV Mohan - Bioresource Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Increasing global energy consumption and depleting fossil-fuel reserves prompted the
search for green alternatives. This study focuses on conversion of waste agar using different …

Anchoring nickel sites on ceria-coated silica to enhance the catalytic stability for the vapor phase levulinic acid hydrogenation

F **g, X Wang, B Liang, S Luo, J Bai, J **ng, Y Chen… - Catalysis Today, 2025 - Elsevier
The preparation of the binary metal NiCe-based catalysts involved a 2-step protocol, the
ceria was first coated on SiO 2 which was then utilized to disperse Ni nanoparticles. Various …