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An Effective and Stable HfP/SiO2 Catalyst for the Production of Furfural from Xylan

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Silica-supported hafinum phosphide (HfP/SiO2) was prepared and applied as an effective solid acid catalyst to drive furfural production from xylan. Various characterizations were employed to analyze the intrinsic properties of the HfP/SiO2 catalyst, and the effects of process parameters on its performance were investigated in detail. The results showed that the performance of the HfP/SiO2 catalyst was excellent, which allowed up to 85% of the furfural yield to be achieved at 180 °C for 60 min in the water(NaCl)/THF biphasic system. There was no significant decrease in the performance of the HfP/SiO2 catalyst after seven consecutive cycles. Characterization analysis of the recovered catalyst revealed that its elemental composition and total acidity were maintained, indicating the desired hydrothermal stability of the HfP/SiO2 catalyst. In addition, by-products produced during xylan conversion were identified as humins and soluble molecular fragments or polymers.

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Acknowledgements

This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21676054), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2242018K40041), Scientific Research Foundation of Graduate School of Southeast University (No. 3207049713).

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    Siquan Xu, Ningxin Wu, Hui Yuan, Yuan Chen, Donghui Pan, Yuanfeng Wu, Jingdeng Fan, Lijing Gao & Guomin Xiao

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Supplementary material 1 Detailed instrumental analysis and product analysis methods (2.2–2.4). The physical properties (XPS, XRD, N2 adsorption–desorption, NH3-TPD and Py-FTIR) of the HfP/SiO2 catalyst and the GC–MS analysis of products (Figs. S1–S6). (DOCX 585 kb)

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Xu, S., Wu, N., Yuan, H. et al. An Effective and Stable HfP/SiO2 Catalyst for the Production of Furfural from Xylan. Catal Lett 150, 1121–1127 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02994-2

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