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- Title
Green chemistry: Biodiesel made with sugar catalyst.
- Authors
Toda, Masakazu; Takagaki, Atsushi; Okamura, Mai; Kondo, Junko N.; Hayashi, Shigenobu; Domen, Kazunari; Hara, Michikazu
- Abstract
The production of diesel from vegetable oil calls for an efficient solid catalyst to make the process fully ecologically friendly. Here we describe the preparation of such a catalyst from common, inexpensive sugars. This high-performance catalyst, which consists of stable sulphonated amorphous carbon, is recyclable and its activity markedly exceeds that of other solid acid catalysts tested for ‘biodiesel’ production.
- Subjects
DIESEL fuels; VEGETABLE oils as fuel; BIODIESEL fuels; ECOLOGY; CATALYSTS; CARBON
- Publication
Nature, 2005, Vol 438, Issue 7065, p178
- ISSN
0028-0836
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/438178a