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Christian M Pichler1, Taylor Uekert, Erwin Reisner
1Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, UK. reisner@ch.cam.ac.uk.
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|April 25, 2020
Abstract:
Metal salt hydrate (MSH) solutions allow for the complete solubilisation of biomass and we demonstrate its use as a reaction medium for the photocatalytic reforming of lignocellulose. Different types of photocatalysts such as TiO2 and carbon nitride can be employed in MSH to produce H2 and organic products under more benign conditions than the commonly required extreme pH aqueous solutions.
