Selective aqueous-phase hydrogenation of furfural to cyclopentanol over Ni-based CNT catalysts

Haihong Xia; Jing Li; Jun Zhao; Minghao Zhou; Jianchun Jiang

doi:10.1080/09593330.2023.2206526

Selective aqueous-phase hydrogenation of furfural to cyclopentanol over Ni-based CNT catalysts

Haihong Xia
, Jing Li
, Jun Zhao
, Minghao Zhou^*
, Jianchun Jiang^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Biology

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Cyclopentanol (CPL) was an eco-friendly solvent as well as important platform chemical which could be generated from biomass-derived furfural (FFA). In this paper, a series of Ni, Cu, Mo, Co bimetallic catalysts with different metals loadings supported on carbon nanotubes (CNT) were synthesized by an impregnation method for aqueous-phase hydrogenation of FFA to obtain CPL. Various effects of reaction parameters such as reaction solvent, reaction temperature, reaction time and different loading amounts of Ni over bimetallic Ni-based CNT catalysts were fully investigated. Among the catalysts studied, (15 + 5) wt% NiCu/CNT catalysts showed a high conversion of FFA and 88% selectivity towards CPL in water and 96% selectivity towards acetal in methanol at the mild condition of 160℃, 2 MPa hydrogen and 4 h reaction time. NiCu bimetallic synergistic effect was interpreted through H₂-TPR and NH₃-TPD measurement and a possible pathway was proposed. The features of the CNT-supported catalysts were investigated via XRD, XPS, TEM, H₂-TPR and NH₃-TPD. The Ni and bimetallic NiCu catalysts synthesized in this work were inexpensive and simple, which made them a promising candidate for the conversion of biomass-derived FFA to CPL.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1274-1283
Number of pages	10
Journal	Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)
Volume	47
Issue number	8
Early online date	10 May 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/09593330.2023.2206526
Publication status	Published - 3 Apr 2026

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cyclopentanol

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