Selective production of arenes via direct lignin upgrading over a niobium-based catalyst
Lignin is cheap and abundant, and potentially a major source of aromatic compounds. Here the authors show selective production of arenes via hydrodeoxygenation of lignin over Ru/Nb2O5, and mechanistically show the strong influence of the Nb2O5support on phenolic bond dissociation energies.
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: |
Yi Shao,
Qineng Xia,
Lin Dong,
Xiaohui Liu,
Xue Han,
Stewart F. Parker,
Yongqiang Cheng,
Luke L. Daemen,
Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta,
Sihai Yang,
Yanqin Wang |
Format: | Article
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Language: | English |
Published: |
Nature Publishing Group
2017-07-01
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Series: | Nature Communications
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms16104
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