Recent advances in the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol over heterogeneous catalysts

Z An, J Li - Green Chemistry, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Catalytic transfer hydrogenation (CTH) has recently emerged as a highly attractive approach
for achieving biomass-based hydrogenation due to its avoidance of high-pressure fossil …

Critical review of furfural and furfuryl alcohol production: Past, present, and future on heterogeneous catalysis

DSS Jorqueira, LF de Lima, SF Moya, L Vilcocq… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2023 - Elsevier
The valorization of biomass has the potential to produce molecules from renewable sources.
Among them, furfural (FUR) is one of the best platform molecules due to its reactivity. It is …

Promoting effect of oxygen vacancies in Co/CoAl2O4 catalyst steered with a straightforward method on hydrogenation of furfural to 2-methylfuran

Y Li, Q Shen, Y Nian, F Wang, X Zhang, Z Zhang… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2024 - Elsevier
The exploitation of base metal catalysts to upgrade biomass chemicals remains a daunting
challenge and a sustainable strategy. Here, a series of Co-Al spinel catalysts are rapidly …

Selective hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol in 2-butanol over an equimolar Ni-Cu-Al catalyst prepared by the co-precipitation method

TU Rao, S Suchada, C Choi, H Machida, Z Huo… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In order to upgrade biomass-derived platform chemicals to high value-added chemicals and
liquid fuels, it is highly advantageous and desirable to synthesize suitable non-precious …

Defect-engineered MOF-808 with highly exposed Zr sites as highly efficient catalysts for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural

Q Fu, D Liu, W Niu, S Zhang, R Chen, Y Wang, P Zhao… - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
The highly efficient production of furfuryl alcohol (FFA) from biomass-derived furfural (FFR) is
attracting increasing attention due to its wide application in the production of value-added …

Catalytic interplay of metal ions (Cu 2+, Ni 2+, and Fe 2+) in MFe 2 O 4 inverse spinel catalysts for enhancing the activity and selectivity during selective transfer …

GS More, A Shivhare, SP Kaur, TJD Kumar… - Catalysis Science & …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
2-Methylfuran obtained via the hydrogenation of furfural is an important biomass-derived
liquid fuel. However, the large-scale production of 2-methylfuran from furfural requires cost …

Catalytic hydrogenation of furfural over Cu/CeO2 Catalyst: The effect of support morphology and exposed facet

J Tan, J He, K Gao, S Zhu, J Cui, L Huang, Y Zhu… - Applied Surface …, 2022 - Elsevier
The hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol in liquid was performed over Cu/CeO 2
catalyst with different morphology that was nanorod (CeO 2-R), nanocube (CeO 2-C) and …

Micro-/mesopores confined ultrasmall Cu nanoparticles in SBA-15 as a highly efficient and robust catalyst for furfural hydrogenation to furfuryl alcohol

S Chen, PM de Souza, C Ciotonea, M Marinova… - Applied Catalysis A …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main difficulty in the liquid phase furfural hydrogenation process is the control of the
selectivity to the target product among the possible ones. When copper catalysts are used …

The role of copper in the hydrogenation of furfural and levulinic acid

C García-Sancho, JM Mérida-Robles… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Currently, there is a great interest in the development of sustainable and green technologies
for production of biofuels and chemicals. In this sense, much attention is being paid to …

Catalytic performance of Ni/CeO2 catalysts prepared from different routes for CO2 methanation

S Ratchahat, S Surathitimethakul, A Thamungkit… - Journal of the Taiwan …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract In thid study, Ni/CeO 2 catalysts were prepared by a one-step co-precipitation of
nickel and cerium salts in a NaOH solution treated by different heating methods including …