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- Title
Platinum-cobalt bimetallic nanoparticles in hollow carbon nanospheres for hydrogenolysis of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural.
- Authors
Wang, Guang-Hui; Hilgert, Jakob; Richter, Felix Herrmann; Wang, Feng; Bongard, Hans-Josef; Spliethoff, Bernd; Weidenthaler, Claudia; Schüth, Ferdi
- Abstract
The synthesis of 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF) from 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a highly attractive route to a renewable fuel. However, achieving high yields in this reaction is a substantial challenge. Here it is described how PtCo bimetallic nanoparticles with diameters of 3.6 ± 0.7 nm can solve this problem. Over PtCo catalysts the conversion of HMF was 100% within 10 min and the yield to DMF reached 98% after 2 h, which substantially exceeds the best results reported in the literature. Moreover, the synthetic method can be generalized to other bimetallic nanoparticles encapsulated in hollow carbon spheres.
- Subjects
HYDROXYMETHYLFURFURAL; BIMETALLIC catalyst activity; ELECTRIC properties of nanoparticles; RENEWABLE energy sources; HYDROGENOLYSIS kinetics
- Publication
Nature Materials, 2014, Vol 13, Issue 3, p293
- ISSN
1476-1122
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/nmat3872