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Catalysts, Volume 6, Issue 1

January 2016 - 18 articles

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Articles (18)

  • Article
  • Open Access
122 Citations
10,290 Views
19 Pages

5 January 2016

Catalytic cracking of n-hexane to selectively produce propylene on Beta zeolite was carried out. The H-Beta (HB) (Si/Al = 77) zeolite showed higher catalytic stability and propylene selectivity than the Al-rich HB (Si/Al = 12), due to its smaller num...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
9,171 Views
10 Pages

30 December 2015

Four types of nickel catalysts supported on aluminum oxide (Ni/Al2O3) with different nickel loadings were synthesized using the co-precipitation method and were used for the hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) to prepare γ-valerolactone (GVL). The s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,242 Views
10 Pages

30 December 2015

The development of high efficient and low energy consumption approaches for the transformation of cellulose is of high significance for a sustainable production of high value-added feedstocks. Herein, electrocatalytic oxidation technique was employed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
6,030 Views
14 Pages

25 December 2015

Hyperbranched core-shell structure can be constructed by the modification of hyperbranched polyethylenimine (HPEI) with different amide shells. Functionalized HPEI with acetic amide (HPEI-ACAm), propionic amide (HPEI-PRAm), butyric amide (HPEI-BUAm)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,632 Views
13 Pages

Phosphotungstate-Based Ionic Silica Nanoparticles Network for Alkenes Epoxidation

  • Xiaoting Li,
  • Pingping Jiang,
  • Zhuangqing Wang and
  • Yuandan Huang

24 December 2015

An inorganic-organic porous silica network catalyst was prepared by linking silica nanoparticles using ionic liquid and followed by anion-exchange with phosphotungstate. Characterization methods of FT-IR, TG, SEM, TEM, BET, etc., were carried out to...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
7,844 Views
12 Pages

Catalytic Conversion of Glucose into 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural by Hf(OTf)4 Lewis Acid in Water

  • Junjie Li,
  • Yubo Ma,
  • Lei Wang,
  • Zean Song,
  • Huiping Li,
  • Tianfu Wang,
  • Hongyi Li and
  • Wumanjiang Eli

23 December 2015

A series of Lewis acidic metal salts were used for glucose dehydration to 5-hydroymethylfurfural (HMF) in water. Effect of valence state, ionic radii of Lewis acidic cation, and the type of anions on the catalytic performance have been studied system...

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