Highly dispersed Co anchored on Ce-doped hydroxyapatite as a dual-functional catalyst for selective hydrogenolysis of
Zhuoyou Gao1, Mengying Wang1, Ningzhao Shang1
1College of Science, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding 071001, China. wangchun@hebau.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) is an indispensable approach to produce renewable biofuels and value-added chemicals using natural biomass and its derivatives. 2,5-Dimethylfuran (DMF) is considered to be a very promising liquid biofuel, and it can be fabricated by HDO of the biomass derivative 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF). Herein, a highly efficient bifunctional catalyst, Co/HAP(Ce), was fabricated by anchoring highly dispersed Co on Ce-doped hydroxyapatite (HAP(Ce)). Co/HAP(Ce) displayed excellent HDO catalytic activity to convert HMF to DMF, and 99% HMF conversion and 96% DMF selectivity can be obtained under 150 °C, 2 MPa H2 conditions for 5 h. Density functional theory calculations revealed that H2 can be more easily activated by Co/HAP(Ce). Systematic studies confirmed that the high activity of Co/HAP(Ce) can be ascribed to the desired acid-alkali properties, highly dispersed cobalt species and strong metal-support interactions. This research provides a cost effective approach for designing efficient catalysts for HDO of biomass and its derivatives.
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