A novel Ru-polyethersulfone (PES) catalytic membrane for highly efficient and selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol

Bagnato, G. and Figoli, A. and Ursino, C. and Galiano, F. and Sanna, A. (2018) A novel Ru-polyethersulfone (PES) catalytic membrane for highly efficient and selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol. Journal of Materials Chemistry A (12). pp. 4955-4965. ISSN 2050-7488

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Abstract

A novel catalytic membrane has been synthesised, characterised and evaluated for the selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol. Unlike conventional methods, involving high pressure and high H2 : feed ratios, this work proposes an innovative ruthenium based Catalytic Membrane Reactor (CMR) to overcome mass transfer limitations, resulting in low H2 requirements, high catalytic activity and high selectivity towards furfuryl alcohol. A UV-curable hydrophilic anionic monomer acrylic acid was used as a coating material on a commercial PES membrane and subsequently Ru nanoparticles were added. The hydrogenation of furfural was carried out in a customised catalytic membrane reactor under mild conditions: 70 °C and 7 bar, exhibiting high catalytic activity towards furfuryl alcohol (selectivity >99%) with turnover frequency (TOF) as high as 48 000 h−1, 2 orders of magnitude higher than those obtained so far.

Item Type:
Journal Article
Journal or Publication Title:
Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Uncontrolled Keywords:
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Subjects:
?? renewable energy, sustainability and the environmentmaterials science(all)chemistry(all) ??
ID Code:
176117
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Deposited On:
05 Oct 2022 10:25
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Yes
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Published
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