Catalytic advancements in carboxylic acid ketonization and its perspectives on biomass valorisation

B Boekaerts, BF Sels - Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2021 - Elsevier
Ketonization of (biomass) carboxylic acids is increasingly showing its potential as upgrading
strategy to renewable fuels and chemicals. Due to the growing amount of recent studies, an …

Investigations of water/oxide interfaces by molecular dynamics simulations

R Wang, ML Klein, V Carnevale… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Water/oxide interfaces are ubiquitous on earth and show significant influence on many
chemical processes. For example, understanding water and solute adsorption as well as …

Catalyst deactivation and its mitigation during catalytic conversions of biomass

F Lin, M Xu, KK Ramasamy, Z Li, JL Klinger… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Biofuel or biochemical production from biomass, especially lignocellulosic biomass, is the
most promising option to replace fossil-based products to achieve sustainability. However …

CeO2 Facet-Dependent Surface Reactive Intermediates and Activity during Ketonization of Propionic Acid

Y Guo, Y Qin, H Liu, H Wang, J Han, X Zhu, Q Ge - ACS Catalysis, 2022 - ACS Publications
CeO2 rods, octahedrons, and cubes exposing well-defined (110),(111), and (100) surfaces,
respectively, were synthesized and investigated for the catalytic ketonization of propionic …

Exploration of atomic interfaces with inherent oxygen vacancies in zirconia for toluene oxidation

X Yang, L Chen, X Yu, J Yu, D Han, M **ao… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Constructing interfacial sites in catalysts is an effective strategy to improve catalytic
performance. Here, we insert cerium atoms into zirconia via a co-precipitation method …

Kinetics of fatty acid ketonization in liquid phase with anatase and rutile TiO2 catalysts

B Boekaerts, W Lorenz, J Van Aelst, BF Sels - Applied Catalysis B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Catalytic ketonization of carboxylic acids is promising for the synthesis of renewable
products. Despite its potential, fatty acid ketonization and its kinetics in the liquid phase are …

Effect of zirconia polymorph on vapor-phase ketonization of propionic acid

S Ding, J Zhao, Q Yu - Catalysts, 2019 - mdpi.com
Vapor-phase ketonization of propionic acid derived from biomass was studied at 300–375°
C over ZrO2 with different zirconia polymorph. The tetragonal ZrO2 (t-ZrO2) are more active …

Ketonization of propionic acid over TS-1 and Ti-Beta zeolites: Mechanism and effects of topology and hydrophobicity

Z Yang, Q Yu, H Wang, Q Ge, X Zhu - Journal of Catalysis, 2024 - Elsevier
Ketonization of propionic acid has been investigated on Lewis acidic TS-1 and Ti-Beta
zeolites to understand the reaction mechanism and effects of pore topology and …

[HTML][HTML] Building highly active hybrid double–atom sites in C2N for enhanced electrocatalytic hydrogen peroxide synthesis

Y Cao, JY Zhao, X Zhong, G Zhuang, S Deng… - Green Energy & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Two–electron (2e–) oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) shows great promise for on–
site electrochemical synthesis of hydrogen peroxide (H 2 O 2). However, it is still a great …

Recent advances in aqueous-phase catalytic conversions of biomass platform chemicals over heterogeneous catalysts

X Li, L Zhang, S Wang, Y Wu - Frontiers in Chemistry, 2020 - frontiersin.org
A series of biomass-derived platform molecules, such as glucose, furans, levulinic acid, 5-
hydroxymethylfurfural, and acetic acids, can be converted into a variety of value-added …