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Cover Picture: (ChemistrySelect 22/2017)
Author(s) -
Shuhei Ogo,
Y. Okuno,
Hikaru Sekine,
Shota Manabe,
Tomohiro Yabe,
Ayumu Onda,
Yasushi Sekine
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201701585
Subject(s) - bifunctional , cover (algebra) , catalysis , zeolite , cellulose , chemistry , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering
The cover picture shows that important petrochemical feedstocks of C3+C4 hydrocarbons are directly produced from the biomass‐derived cellulose without external hydrogen or other expensive reagents. This direct catalytic conversion selectively proceeded, even at low temperature, by the bifunctional catalysis of Pt supported on zeolite catalyst. Acid site on zeolite catalyzes cellulose degradation to liquiform products, and Pt site does its conversion to hydrocarbons. Pt/zeolite catalysts with Pt particles larger than 5 nm showed a high catalytic activity by virtue of the existence of highly active Pt sites (i.e. high index {311} and {331} facets). More information can be found in the Full Paper by Shuhei Ogo et al. (DOI: 10.1002/slct.201701035). (Design: Shuhei Ogo).