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Effective Conversion of Cellulose to Sorbitol Catalyzed by Mesoporous Carbon Supported Ruthenium Combined with Zirconium Phosphate

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The selective conversion of cellulose to sorbitol is a promising route to valorize biomass. A binary catalyst ZrP-Ru/MC was constructed by mesoporous carbon supported ruthenium (Ru/MC) combined with zirconium phosphate (ZrP). It was found that ZrP-Ru/MC was an excellent catalyst for the conversion of cellulose with high sorbitol yield. Under the optimal reaction condition, a high sorbitol yield of 66.4% was obtained in just 1.5 h if cellulose was mix-milled together with ZrP. The characterizations results indicated that the high dispersion of Ru and macroporous–mesoporous structure were the key factor to determine the excellent catalytic activity of Ru/MC. In addition, the Ru TOF of 220 h−1 in the Ru/MC was much higher than that of commercial ruthenium carbon, indicating the high Ru utilization in Ru/MC.

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The research was supported by the Sichuan Province Science and Technology Support Program (Nos. 2018JY0615).

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    Gang Zhang, Tong Chen, Yi Zhang, Tao Liu & Gongying Wang

  2. National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Material & Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, People’s Republic of China

    Gang Zhang, Yi Zhang & Tao Liu

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Zhang, G., Chen, T., Zhang, Y. et al. Effective Conversion of Cellulose to Sorbitol Catalyzed by Mesoporous Carbon Supported Ruthenium Combined with Zirconium Phosphate. Catal Lett 150, 2294–2303 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-020-03129-8

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