Modified Vermiculite Supported Ru Nanoparticles as a Robust Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone

IF 2.3 4区化学 Q3 CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL

Catalysis Letters Pub Date : 2025-01-28 DOI:10.1007/s10562-025-04945-6

Danhong Yang, Shihong Chen, Lei Wang, Mingdeng Liu, Lanping Lai, Lina Zhou

{"title":"Modified Vermiculite Supported Ru Nanoparticles as a Robust Catalyst for the Hydrogenation of Levulinic Acid to γ-Valerolactone","authors":"Danhong Yang, Shihong Chen, Lei Wang, Mingdeng Liu, Lanping Lai, Lina Zhou","doi":"10.1007/s10562-025-04945-6","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Organic-pillared vermiculite was applied as the support to fabricate Ru catalyst via adsorption-precipitation method. The catalytic performances of the catalyst were investigated for the selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) or methyl levulinate (ML) to γ-valerolactone (GVL). The 100% selectivity of GVL and 100% conversion of LA were obtained at 403 K, 4.0 MPa using water as solvent. Moreover, a good recyclability was observed even after 14 reaction cycles as a slight conversion decrease of the LA and no change of the selectivity of GVL. The Characterization of the fresh catalysts and reused catalysts were performed using various techniques including XRD, FT-IR, N<sub>2</sub> adsorption-desorption, XPS and TEM. The catalytic tests and characterization data confirmed that the sample of Ru/Modified-Vermiculite can be taken as a robust and effective catalyst for the conversion of the LA to GVL.</p><h3>Graphical Abstracts</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><img></picture></div><div><p>The modified vermiculite supported-Ru catalyst has super activity and stability in the hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone. Ru active components dispersed uniformly on the surface of organic modified vermiculite, and there was no obvious aggregation of the components. Even after fourteen cycles, levulinic acid conversion and γ-valerolactone selectivity remained 95% and 100%, respectively. The present work provides an efficient route for the preparing the Ru-based catalyst of excellent stability in the process of hydrogenation of levulinic acid.</p></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":508,"journal":{"name":"Catalysis Letters","volume":"155 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-01-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Catalysis Letters","FirstCategoryId":"92","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10562-025-04945-6","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"化学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Organic-pillared vermiculite was applied as the support to fabricate Ru catalyst via adsorption-precipitation method. The catalytic performances of the catalyst were investigated for the selective hydrogenation of levulinic acid (LA) or methyl levulinate (ML) to γ-valerolactone (GVL). The 100% selectivity of GVL and 100% conversion of LA were obtained at 403 K, 4.0 MPa using water as solvent. Moreover, a good recyclability was observed even after 14 reaction cycles as a slight conversion decrease of the LA and no change of the selectivity of GVL. The Characterization of the fresh catalysts and reused catalysts were performed using various techniques including XRD, FT-IR, N₂ adsorption-desorption, XPS and TEM. The catalytic tests and characterization data confirmed that the sample of Ru/Modified-Vermiculite can be taken as a robust and effective catalyst for the conversion of the LA to GVL.

Graphical Abstracts

The modified vermiculite supported-Ru catalyst has super activity and stability in the hydrogenation of levulinic acid to γ-valerolactone. Ru active components dispersed uniformly on the surface of organic modified vermiculite, and there was no obvious aggregation of the components. Even after fourteen cycles, levulinic acid conversion and γ-valerolactone selectivity remained 95% and 100%, respectively. The present work provides an efficient route for the preparing the Ru-based catalyst of excellent stability in the process of hydrogenation of levulinic acid.

Abstract Image

查看原文本刊更多论文

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Catalysis Letters 化学-物理化学

CiteScore

5.70

自引率

3.60%

发文量

327

审稿时长

1 months

期刊介绍： Catalysis Letters aim is the rapid publication of outstanding and high-impact original research articles in catalysis. The scope of the journal covers a broad range of topics in all fields of both applied and theoretical catalysis, including heterogeneous, homogeneous and biocatalysis. The high-quality original research articles published in Catalysis Letters are subject to rigorous peer review. Accepted papers are published online first and subsequently in print issues. All contributions must include a graphical abstract. Manuscripts should be written in English and the responsibility lies with the authors to ensure that they are grammatically and linguistically correct. Authors for whom English is not the working language are encouraged to consider using a professional language-editing service before submitting their manuscripts.