Catalytic Hydrotreatment of Alcell Lignin Using Supported Ru, Pd, and Cu Catalysts

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1905-1914

  Kloekhorst, Arjan ^a   Heeres, Hero Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aromatics; Copper; Heterogeneous catalyst; Lignin; Palladium; Phenolics; Ruthenium

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AROMATIZATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; COPPER; DEHYDRATION; PALLADIUM; RUTHENIUM;

AROMATICS; CATALYST SCREENING; CATALYTIC HYDROTREATMENT; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; HYDRODEOXYGENATION; INITIAL HYDROGEN PRESSURE; PHENOLICS;

LIGNIN;

EID: 84941127214     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00041     Document Type: Article

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