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Hydrodeoxygenation of Vanillin over Ni2P/Zeolite Catalysts: Role of Surface Acid Density

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Developing efficient catalysts for biomass hydrodeoxygenation into high-quality biofuels and chemicals is a current topic of great interest. In this study, Ni2P catalysts supported on different zeolites (MCM-41, HY, Hβ) were fabricated for vanillin hydrodeoxygenation by one-pot method instead of temperature-programmed reduction (TPR). The prepared catalysts were characterized using XRD, XPS, NH3-TPD and N2 physisorption. The results showed that the support has a significant influence on the reactivity of the Ni2P-based catalyst. The Ni2P/HY catalyst contains a higher acid site density, which leads to the almost complete conversion of vanillin to the quantitative yield of 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (MMP) via direct hydrogenolysis path at 220 °C, 5 h and 2 MPa of H2.

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Financial support is acknowledged from the Scientific Research Projects of Hebei Education Department (QN2019050) and the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (B2020202004).

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    Yanyan Geng, Man Lang, Guotai Li, Zhensheng Yang & Hao Li

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  3. Department of Chemical Engineering, ENTEG, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, the Netherlands

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Geng, Y., Lang, M., Li, G. et al. Hydrodeoxygenation of Vanillin over Ni2P/Zeolite Catalysts: Role of Surface Acid Density. Catal Lett 153, 911–920 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-022-04021-3

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