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Ni supported on sepiolite catalysts for the hydrogenation of furfural to value-added chemicals: influence of the synthesis method on the catalytic performance

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Nickel-based catalysts supported on sepiolite catalysts, with a nickel loading between 1 and 10 wt%, have been synthesized by several synthetic strategies (precipitation-deposition, impregnation and grafting-complexation) and subsequent calcination and reduction. The catalysts were characterized by H2 thermoprogrammed reduction (H2-TPR), X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, N2 adsorption–desorption at − 196 °C, NH3 thermoprogrammed desorption (NH3-TPD) and CO chemisorption. FUR hydrogenation in gas-phase revealed that the most active catalyst was the catalyst synthesized by the grafting-complexation method due to its highest metallic surface area and smallest metal crystal size, reaching a FUR yield close to 85% after 5 h of time-on-stream (TOS) at 190 °C, using a H2:FUR molar ratio of 11.5 and a WHSV of 1.5 h−1. Furan (F), methylfuran (MF) and furfuryl alcohol (FOL); however, the selectivity towards F and MF tend to decrease with the TOS, while FOL selectivity increases.

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The authors are grateful to financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CTQ2015-64226-C03-03-R project), Junta de Andalucía (RNM-1565) and FEDER funds.

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    A. Guerrero-Torres, C. P. Jiménez-Gómez, J. A. Cecilia, C. García-Sancho, F. Franco & P. Maireles-Torres

  2. Departamento de Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, Campus de Teatinos, 29071, Málaga, Spain

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Guerrero-Torres, A., Jiménez-Gómez, C.P., Cecilia, J.A. et al. Ni supported on sepiolite catalysts for the hydrogenation of furfural to value-added chemicals: influence of the synthesis method on the catalytic performance. Top Catal 62, 535–550 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11244-019-01168-z

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