One-Pot Catalytic Conversion of Raw Lignocellulosic Biomass into Gasoline Alkanes and Chemicals over LiTaMoO6 and Ru/C in Aqueous Phosphoric Acid

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1745-1755

  Liu, Yong ^a,b   Chen, Lungang ^a   Wang, Tiejun ^a   Zhang, Qi ^a   Wang, Chenguang ^a   Yan, Jinyue ^c,d   Ma, Longlong ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d MÄLARDALEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Catalytic conversion; Gasoline alkanes; Layered compounds; Lignocellulosic biomass; Phenols

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; FOSSIL FUELS; GASOLINE; HEXANE; HYDROCRACKING; LIGNIN; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PARAFFINS; PHENOLS; PHOSPHORIC ACID; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; CATALYTIC CONVERSION; CATALYTIC SYSTEM; LAYERED COMPOUND; LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS; ONE-POT REACTION; RENEWABLE FEEDSTOCKS; VOLATILE PRODUCTS;

BIOMASS;

EID: 84938560202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00256     Document Type: Article

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