Abstract
With the rapidly diminishing fossil fuel resources, development of a new strategy for synthesis of biofuels from renewable resources can provide a sustainable alternative to our energy demand. We present the design, synthesis, and characterization of a new porous organic network (TpPON) through acid-catalyzed condensation of 1,3,5-triformylphloroglucinol (Tp) and triphenylamine (TPA). Ru0 nanoparticles are successfully fabricated at the porous surface of TpPON to obtain a novel catalytic system Ru@TpPON, which exhibits excellent catalytic performance together with outstanding stability for the hydrodeoxygenation of various vegetable oils to long-chain alkanes in water, and thus TpPON has wide potential for large-scale biodiesel production from renewable resources.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1610-1619 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 2 |
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| State | Published - Feb 5 2018 |
Funding
S.M., R.S., and S.C.S. thankfully acknowledge CSIR, New Delhi, for their respective senior and junior research fellowships. A.B. gratefully acknowledges Department of Science &Technology (DST), New Delhi, for instrumental facilities through the DST Unit on Nanoscience. J.M. thanks DST, India, for a DST-INSPIRE Faculty Research project. S.M., R.S., and S.C.S. thankfully acknowledge CSIR, New Delhi, for their respective senior and junior research fellowships. A.B. gratefully acknowledges Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi, for instrumental facilities through the DST Unit on Nanoscience. J.M. thanks DST, India, for a DSTINSPIRE Faculty Research project.
Keywords
- Free hydroxyl groups
- Heterogeneous catalyst
- Hydrogenation
- Long-chain alkane fuel
- Microporous