Chulalongkorn University; Kyoto University; King Mongkuts University of Technology Thonburi; National Science & Technology Development Agency - Thailand; National Nanotechnology Center (NANOTEC)
Type
Article
Source Title
JOURNAL OF THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF ENERGY
Year
2017
Volume
96
Issue
9
Page
380-385
Open Access
gold
Publisher
JAPAN INST ENERGY
DOI
10.3775/jie.96.380
Format
PDF
Abstract
Production of furfural from biomass has attracted many research interests due to its usefulness as important chemical solvent and chemical feedstock for value-added products. Conversion of D-xylose to furfural via dehydration reaction enhanced by heterogeneous catalyst has also been an interesting issue. In this work, single-walled carbon nanohorns (CNHs) hybridized with metal nanoparticles were proposed for catalytic dehydration of D-xylose to furfural for the first time. CNHs hybridized with Ni and Cu nanoparticles were in-house prepared by Gas-inject arc-in-water (GI-AIW) and then used as a catalyst for D-xylose dehydration. Physical and chemical properties of the catalyst samples were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD). thermogravimetric analyzer and BET analyzer. It is notable that Ni/CNHs provided the highest D-xylose conversion and furfural yield.
Doctoral Degree Chulalongkorn University 100th Year Birthday Anniversary scholarship; Ratchadapisek Sompoch Endowment Fund (2015) of Chulalongkorn University [CU-58-064-CC]; Japan-ASEAN Science, Technology and Innovation Platform (JASTIP) under the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)
