TY - JOUR
T1 - Catalytic Conversion of Ethanol to Liquid Hydrocarbons by Tin-Promoted Raney Nickel Supported on Alumina
AU - Mandal, Sukhendu
AU - Sen, Ayusman
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge funding by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Grant FA9550-10-1-0509). We thank Dr. Weiran Yang and Dr. Robert Minard for useful discussions and Dr. Alan Benasi and Frances Pong for help with the NMR experiments.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2019/4/22
Y1 - 2019/4/22
N2 - The vast utilization of petroleum majorly affects the economy and the environment. Due to this impact, researchers have shown a great interest in synthesizing of biomass-derived products, and these products replace petroleum utility in transportation as fuel. Ethanol from biomass is an essential component of the gasoline pool; however, ethanol is not an ideal candidate as a liquid fuel due to its low energy density and high solubility in water. Therefore, it is of high interest to convert ethanol to a more traditional liquid hydrocarbon that can be combined with petroleum-derived fuels. Here, we report the use of a cost-effective catalyst, tin-promoted Raney nickel, for the effective conversion of ethanol to liquid hydrocarbons (up to C17), with reduced aromatic content.
AB - The vast utilization of petroleum majorly affects the economy and the environment. Due to this impact, researchers have shown a great interest in synthesizing of biomass-derived products, and these products replace petroleum utility in transportation as fuel. Ethanol from biomass is an essential component of the gasoline pool; however, ethanol is not an ideal candidate as a liquid fuel due to its low energy density and high solubility in water. Therefore, it is of high interest to convert ethanol to a more traditional liquid hydrocarbon that can be combined with petroleum-derived fuels. Here, we report the use of a cost-effective catalyst, tin-promoted Raney nickel, for the effective conversion of ethanol to liquid hydrocarbons (up to C17), with reduced aromatic content.
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U2 - 10.1021/acsaem.9b00118
DO - 10.1021/acsaem.9b00118
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85064804853
VL - 2
SP - 2398
EP - 2401
JO - ACS Applied Energy Materials
JF - ACS Applied Energy Materials
SN - 2574-0962
IS - 4
ER -