Catalysts, Volume 9, Issue 3

A simple and eco-friendly montmorillonite K10 (MK10)-catalyzed method for the synthesis of cyclopentenone derivatives from biomass-produced furfural has been developed. The versatility of this protocol is that the reactions were performed under solve...

The production of fatty acids ethyl esters (FAEEs) to be used as biodiesel from oleaginous microalgae shows great opportunities as an attractive source for the production of renewable fuels without competing with human food. To ensure the economic vi...

This work presents the physicochemical characterization and activity of zirconia-supported silver catalysts for the oxidation of pollutants present in diesel engine exhaust (propane, propene, naphthalene and soot). A series of silver-supported cataly...

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered as the prime reason for the global warming effect and one of the useful ways to transform it into an array of valuable products is through electrochemical reduction of CO2 (ERC). This process requires an efficient e...

A new MoS2/TiSi2 complex catalyst was designed and synthesized by a simple one-step in situ photo-assisted reduction procedure. The structural and morphological properties of the composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission...

The space integration of the lithiation of aryl halides, the borylation of aryllithiums, and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling using a Pd catalyst supported by a polymer monolith flow reactor without using an intentionally added base was achieved. To sca...

With the increased demands of environmental protection, recycling/utilization of industrial byproducts has attracted much attention from both industry and academic communities. In this work, silicon carbide (SiC) was successfully synthesized from ind...

Palladium (Pd) and aluminium (Al) supported on SBA-15 were prepared as catalysts for cracking biodiesel waste from biodiesel production. Mesoporous silica SBA-15 was first synthesized by a hydrothermal method and then loaded with Al or Pd particles w...

CO2 was converted to synthesis gas in a microwave plasma–catalytic reactor by methane reforming at atmospheric pressure. The hybrid system used waste heat from the plasma to heat the catalyst. Conversion degrees were examined as a function of g...

Recently, catalysts based on transition metal phosphides (TMPs) have attracted increasing interest for their use in hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) processes destined to synthesize biofuels (green or renewable diesel) from waste vegetable oils and fats (kno...