Improved lignin conversion via selective cleavage of interunit C-C bonds to maximise the monomer yield

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We request 9 days on TOSCA to carry out inelastic neutron scattering (INS) studies of the adsorption, activation and reaction of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (lignin models) over our designed multifunctional catalyst (5%Ru/NbOPO4) to produce monocyclic aromatics. 5%Ru/ZSM-5, 5%Ru/ZrPO4 and 5%Ru/TiPO4 catalysts will also be investigated to clarify the unique activity of Ru/NbOPO4: direct visualisation of the catalyst-substrate interactions is crucial to understand the molecular details on adsorption, the formation of intermediates and the activation of the stable interunit C-C bonds. In particular, we aim to reveal the scientific origin of the high activity of Ru/NbOPO4 on the cleavage of C-C bonds of lignin models, leading to improved lignin monomer production with significant potential market value.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1910009-1
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/101135655
Provenance
Creator Mr MENGTIAN FAN; Dr Qingqing Mei; Professor Stewart Parker; Professor Yanqin Wang; Dr Longfei LIN; Professor Sihai Yang; Mr Lin Dong; Dr Svemir Rudic
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2022
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-06-06T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-06-15T21:49:35Z