Versatile carbon supported mono and bimetallic nanocomposites: synthesis,characterization and their potential application for furfural reduction |
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| Authors: | D Sharma J Suriyaprakash A Dogra S Alijani A Villa N Gupta |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Chemistry, Shoolini University, Village Bajhol, P.O. Sultanpur, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, 173229, India;2. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Functional Materials and Devices, School of Information and Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510006, China;3. Dipartimento di Chimica, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Via Golgi 19, Milano, 20133, Italy;4. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, Central University of Himachal Pradesh, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh, 176206, India |
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| Abstract: | Biomass conversion has been developed by testing various metal based carbon catalysts. Most of the reported catalysts either use very expensive metals or support that provides lower selectivity. In this context, we fabricated new carbon based nanocomposites and studied their catalytic application for furfural reduction – a promising biomass derived molecule. The mono (Cu, Co and Ni) and bimetallic (CuCo and CuNi) nanoparticle supported on commercial graphite (CG) were prepared and characterized by TEM, EDS, XRD and Raman spectroscopy. The analysis revealed that the nanocomposites are made up of metallic nanoparticles with average particle size of 5–13 nm on the graphite matrix. The obtained results indicated that the Cu+Ni@CG catalyst exhibited high catalytic activity for furfural reduction, thus leaving Cu+Ni as the finest and cost effective catalyst for this study. |
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| Keywords: | Nanocomposites Carbon catalyst Furfuryl alcohol Furfural hydrogenation Biomass Selectivity |
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