Copper and nickel mixed catalysts obtained by calcination of iron and aluminium hydrotalcites (layered double hydroxides, LDH) have been tested in the conversion of a lignin model dimer in subcritical methanol. Phase distribution and textural properties of the catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction Rietveld analysis and N2 physisorption. The presence of copper was critical for effective hydrogenation, both by direct hydrogen transfer from methanol to aldehyde groups and by reactivity of products from methanol reforming. TPR experiments showed that the hydrogenation activity was promoted by an enhanced reducibility of the Cu-catalysts, related to the presence of other oxide components. Characterisation of the catalysts after reaction indicated that metallic copper was formed by the reduction of CuO by methanol and that modifications of the oxide catalysts in the reaction medium played a major role in the formation of active sites.

Copper-nickel mixed oxide catalysts from layered double hydroxides for the hydrogen-transfer valorisation of lignin in organosolv pulping

Awan I. Z.;Bonincontro D.;Albonetti S.;Cavani F.;
2021

Abstract

Copper and nickel mixed catalysts obtained by calcination of iron and aluminium hydrotalcites (layered double hydroxides, LDH) have been tested in the conversion of a lignin model dimer in subcritical methanol. Phase distribution and textural properties of the catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction Rietveld analysis and N2 physisorption. The presence of copper was critical for effective hydrogenation, both by direct hydrogen transfer from methanol to aldehyde groups and by reactivity of products from methanol reforming. TPR experiments showed that the hydrogenation activity was promoted by an enhanced reducibility of the Cu-catalysts, related to the presence of other oxide components. Characterisation of the catalysts after reaction indicated that metallic copper was formed by the reduction of CuO by methanol and that modifications of the oxide catalysts in the reaction medium played a major role in the formation of active sites.
2021
Awan I.Z.; Beltrami G.; Bonincontro D.; Gimello O.; Cacciaguerra T.; Tanchoux N.; Martucci A.; Albonetti S.; Cavani F.; Di Renzo F.
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