Weerachawanasak, Patcharaporn; Krawmanee, Pacharaporn; Inkamhaeng, Weerachat; Cadete Santos Aires, Francisco J.; Sooknoi, Tawan; Panpranot, Joongjai published the artcile< Development of bimetallic Ni-Cu/SiO2 catalysts for liquid phase selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol>, Application of C5H10O2, the main research area is development bimetallic nickel copper SiO2 catalyst liquid hydrogenation furfural.
Bimetallic Ni-Cu/SiO2 catalysts with different Cu loading (2-5 wt%) were developed for liquid phase selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alc. Among these, bimetallic 2%Ni-X%Cu/SiO2 (X = 2, 5) catalysts exhibited better catalytic performances than monometallic 2%Ni/SiO2 and 2%Cu/SiO2. Moreover, the bimetallic 2%Ni-5%Cu/SiO2 catalyst showed the best catalytic performance with 94% of furfural conversion and 64% of furfuryl alc. selectivity. The synergetic effect of NiCu alloy particles that are present on bimetallic Ni-Cu/SiO2 catalysts change the adsorption configuration of furfural on the catalyst surface resulting in high catalytic performance in liquid phase selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alc.
Catalysis Communications published new progress about Hydrogenation catalysts. 97-99-4 belongs to class tetrahydrofurans, and the molecular formula is C5H10O2, Application of C5H10O2.
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