Issue 9, 2011
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Green Chemistry

Nanostructured molybdenum carbides supported on carbon nanotubes as efficient catalysts for one-step hydrodeoxygenation and isomerization of vegetable oils†

Junxing Han,a   Jinzhao Duan,a   Ping Chen,a   Hui Lou,*a   Xiaoming Zhenga  and  Haiping Hongb  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Lab of Applied Chemistry of Zhejiang Province, Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
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b Department of Material and Metallurgical, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, USA

Abstract

Nanostructured molybdenum carbides supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Mo2C/CNTs) with different loadings were prepared by carbothermal hydrogen reduction method and characterized with SEM, Raman, HAADF-STEM and XRD. Raman spectra showed that the specific G-band structure of carbon nanotubes promoted the formation of molybdenum carbide at lower temperatures. Compared with noble metals, molybdenum carbide exhibited better catalytic activity and resistance to leaching. The Mo2C/CNTs catalyst also showed high activity and selectivity for one-step conversion of vegetable oils into branched diesel-like hydrocarbons, which provided a promising approach to prepare high-grade diesel fuels from renewable resources.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1GC15421D
Article type
Paper
Submitted
17 Apr 2011
Accepted
28 Jun 2011
First published
29 Jul 2011

Green Chem., 2011,13, 2561-2568

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Nanostructured molybdenum carbides supported on carbon nanotubes as efficient catalysts for one-step hydrodeoxygenation and isomerization of vegetable oils

J. Han, J. Duan, P. Chen, H. Lou, X. Zheng and H. Hong, Green Chem., 2011, 13, 2561 DOI: 10.1039/C1GC15421D

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