Structure matching mechanism of nRu/FeCo2O4 for highly-selective oxidation of HMF toward FDCA

Qiong Yu Wang; Yucheng Zhu; Run Jiang; Gan He; Jun Zhao; Jun Hu; Tao Liu; Honghai Liu; Siew Leng Loo; Zhong Chen; Jie Xin Wang; Zhiyan Pan; Xiaonian Li; Dapeng Cao; Zhong Ting Hu

doi:10.1002/aic.18671

Structure matching mechanism of nRu/FeCo₂O₄ for highly-selective oxidation of HMF toward FDCA

Qiong Yu Wang
, Yucheng Zhu
, Run Jiang
, Gan He
, Jun Zhao
, Jun Hu
, Tao Liu
, Honghai Liu
, Siew Leng Loo
, Zhong Chen^*
, Jie Xin Wang
, Zhiyan Pan
, Xiaonian Li
, Dapeng Cao^*
, Zhong Ting Hu^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) toward 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) offers a promising green pathway to obtain monomers for the synthesis of biodegradable plastics. However, developing a high-selectivity catalyst and understanding the catalytic mechanism are still great challenge. Here, we synthesize a nRu/FeCo₂O₄ catalyst with Ru nanoparticles loaded on FeCo₂O₄. The nRu/FeCo₂O₄ presents excellent HMF oxidation activity with 100% HMF conversion efficiency and 99% FDCA yield under optimized conditions. Density-functional theory calculations further reveal the structure matching mechanism of nRu/FeCo₂O₄ for high-selective oxidation of HMF toward FDCA, that is, Ru loading in FeCo₂O₄ provides a more suitable structure matching configuration for adsorption of two-side chains in HMF, which could optimize the adsorption energy and thus increase reactivity. In short, this work provides a promising structure matching strategy for designing dual-active-site relay catalyst to oxidize -CHO and C-OH groups in HMF and thus achieve highly-selective oxidation of HMF toward FDCA.

Original language	English
Article number	e18671
Journal	AICHE Journal
Volume	71
Issue number	3
Early online date	8 Dec 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/aic.18671
Publication status	Published - Mar 2025

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2,5-furandicarboxylic acid
5-hydroxymethylfurfural
bio-based chemicals
microstructured spinel
oxygenation reaction

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