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Visible-light-driven coproduction of diesel precursors and hydrogen from lignocellulose-derived methylfurans

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  • Nengchao Luo

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Tiziano Montini

    (INSTM Research Unit, ICCOM-CNR Trieste Research Unit, University of Trieste)

  • Jian Zhang

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Paolo Fornasiero

    (INSTM Research Unit, ICCOM-CNR Trieste Research Unit, University of Trieste)

  • Emiliano Fonda

    (Saint Aubin)

  • Tingting Hou

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Wei Nie

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Jianmin Lu

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Junxue Liu

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Marc Heggen

    (Ernst Ruska Centre for Microscopy and Spectroscopy with Electrons and Peter Grünberg Institute, Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH)

  • Long Lin

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Changtong Ma

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Min Wang

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Fengtao Fan

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Shengye Jin

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • Feng Wang

    (Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Abstract

Photocatalytic hydrogen production from biomass is a promising alternative to water splitting thanks to the oxidation half-reaction being more facile and its ability to simultaneously produce solar fuels and value-added chemicals. Here, we demonstrate the coproduction of H2 and diesel fuel precursors from lignocellulose-derived methylfurans via acceptorless dehydrogenative C−C coupling, using a Ru-doped ZnIn2S4 catalyst and driven by visible light. With this chemistry, up to 1.04 g gcatalyst−1 h−1 of diesel fuel precursors (~41% of which are precursors of branched-chain alkanes) are produced with selectivity higher than 96%, together with 6.0 mmol gcatalyst−1 h−1 of H2. Subsequent hydrodeoxygenation reactions yield the desired diesel fuels comprising straight- and branched-chain alkanes. We suggest that Ru dopants, substituted in the position of indium ions in the ZnIn2S4 matrix, improve charge separation efficiency, thereby accelerating C−H activation for the coproduction of H2 and diesel fuel precursors.

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  • Nengchao Luo & Tiziano Montini & Jian Zhang & Paolo Fornasiero & Emiliano Fonda & Tingting Hou & Wei Nie & Jianmin Lu & Junxue Liu & Marc Heggen & Long Lin & Changtong Ma & Min Wang & Fengtao Fan & Sh, 2019. "Visible-light-driven coproduction of diesel precursors and hydrogen from lignocellulose-derived methylfurans," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 4(7), pages 575-584, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:4:y:2019:i:7:d:10.1038_s41560-019-0403-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-019-0403-5
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