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Bimetallic oriented catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignin research based on PY-GC/MS

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In this work, catalytic pyrolysis of alkaline lignin over mono- (Fe-Al2O3-SiO2 and Mo-Al2O3-SiO2) and due-metal (Fe-Mo-Al2O3-SiO2) was studied. All experiments, with or without catalyst, were carried out under different pyrolysis temperatures (300–700 °C) and time (0.1, 0.2, and 0.5 min) using pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC/MS). Verification of the MS data with principal component analysis (PCA) revealed that the co-operation effect of bimetallic is obvious. Due-metal catalytic pyrolysis treatments clearly differ from the non-catalytic treatment of lignin, while mono-metal catalyst (both Fe and Mo) had a little effect on product distribution. However, at lower pyrolysis temperature (300 and 400 °C), Fe-Mo-Al2O3-SiO2 also has good catalytic activity compared with mono-catalysts. Loading plots showed several pyrolysis products with great differences. Which compounds undergo more thermal decomposition reactions, for example, 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran, 2-methoxy-phenol, and 2,6-dimethoxy-phenol, were influenced by due catalyst greatly. Based on the results, Py-GC/MS combined with PCA proved to be a promising method for testing the behavior of different catalysts.

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This study received financial support from the National Natural Science Fund (No. 31760016, 11575149), Key R&D Program Projects in Shaanxi Province (No. 2019GY-138) and Key Laboratory of Agro-Products Quality and Safety Control in Storage and Transport Process (Ministry of Agriculture, China).

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    Fuxin Chen, Beibei Yan, Na Liu, Junxing Zhang, Huikuan Zhang, Weiqin Zhao & Anning Zhou

  2. Key Laboratory of Coal Resources Exploration and Comprehensive Utilization, Ministry of Land and Resources, Xi’an, 710021, China

    Fuxin Chen, Na Liu, Weiqin Zhao & Anning Zhou

  3. College of Food and Bioengineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an, 710021, China

    Junfeng Zhu & Pin Gong

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Chen, F., Yan, B., Liu, N. et al. Bimetallic oriented catalytic fast pyrolysis of lignin research based on PY-GC/MS. Biomass Conv. Bioref. 10, 1315–1325 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13399-019-00464-8

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