Sulfated Mesoporous Niobium Oxide Catalyzed 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural Formation from Sugars

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 37, 2014, Pages 14225-14233

  Ngee, Ernest Lau Sze ^a   Gao, Yongjun ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Lee, Timothy Misso ^a   Hu, Zhigang ^a   Zhao, Dan ^a   Yan, Ning ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; DEHYDRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

5 HYDROXYMETHYL FURFURALS; ACID SITE; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CELLOBIOSE; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; MESOPOROUS; RECYCLABILITY; SURFACE AREA;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84911932128     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie501980t     Document Type: Article

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