Micro-/mesopores confined ultrasmall Cu nanoparticles in SBA-15 as a highly efficient and robust catalyst for furfural hydrogenation to furfuryl alcohol

Construction of a sol–gel derived ternary CuZn/FeOx nanostructure for catalytic transfer hydrogenation of furfural

“…In this sense, the development of non-noble metal catalysts has great potential. 14 Transition metal copper is commonly used in furfural hydrogenation due to the low-cost and excellent activity for the hydrogenation of -C]O groups but are relatively ineffective for -C]C of furan rings. 15,16 Generally, during the hydrogenation of furfural into 2-MF, furfural is rst hydrogenated to form intermediate product furfuryl alcohol, followed by hydrogenolysis to form 2-MF.…”

Facile synthesis of a high-efficiency NiFe bimetallic catalyst without pre-reduction for the selective hydrogenation reaction of furfural

“…8 Many efforts have been made, such as using noble metals (Pd, 9,10 Ru, 11,12 Pt, 1,13,14 etc. ), transition metal catalysts (Ni, 15,16 Cu, 17,18 Mo, 19 etc.) and their combinations (Ni-Ru, 20 Co-Ru, 21 Cu-Pt, 22 Fe-Ru, 23 Co-Pt, 24 Mo-Pt, 25 Fe-Pd, 26 Ni-Co, 27 Ni-Cu, 28,29 Cu-Al, 30 Ni-Al, 31 Ni-Mo, 32 Ir-Mo, 33 etc.…”

Porous Hollow Nanostructure Promoting the Catalytic Performance and Stability of Ni3P in Furfural Hydrogenation

“…However, high cost was still an economic barrier to the widespread application of precious metal catalysts. To reduce the production cost, a variety of non-noble metal catalysts were exploited, such as CuHAp, Cu/Cu 2 O, Cu/ZrO 2 , Cu/SBA-15, ZnCo-US@NC, Co-N-C, Co/Zn@NPC, Ni, and LaFeO 3 . Thongratkaew et al employed CuAl 2 O 4 prepared by the sol–gel method as a catalyst; the FF conversion and FOL yield reached 99 and 95% at 170 °C, respectively, 30 bar H 2 , and 1 h. In the presence of the NiCoZn@CN catalyst prepared by adding Ni and Zn into the Co-based catalyst, FF could be completely transformed, and the selectivity of FOL exceeded 99% under the optimal reaction conditions .…”