Direct hydrodeoxygenation of raw woody biomass into liquid alkanes

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Xia, Qineng ^a   Chen, Zongjia ^a   Shao, Yi ^a   Gong, Xueqing ^a   Wang, Haifeng ^a   Liu, Xiaohui ^a   Parker, Stewart F ^b   Han, Xue ^c,d   Yang, Sihai ^d   Wang, Yanqin ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL CATALYSIS   (China)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ALKYLCYCLOHEXANE; CELLULOSE; CYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; HEMICELLULOSE; HEXANE; LIGNIN; LIGNOCELLULOSE; PENTANE; PLATINUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOFUEL; NIOBIUM;

ALKANE; BIOMASS; CATALYST; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL PROCESS; ENERGY RESOURCE; LIGNIN; SEPARATION; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEOXYGENATION; LIQUID; MASS; ONE POT SYNTHESIS; SAWDUST; WOOD; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SYNTHESIS;

ALKANES; BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CATALYSIS; CYCLOHEXANES; LIGNIN; NIOBIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLATINUM; WOOD;

EID: 84962426063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11162     Document Type: Article

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