OB61 Conversion of Cellulose by Carbon and Metal Catalysts

Thursday, June 9, 2011: 2:30 PM
Columbus Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Atsushi Fukuoka and Hirokazu Kobayashi, Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
We have shown that carbon CMK-3 and Ru/CMK-3 are highly active and durable catalysts for the depolymerization of cellulose. CMK-3 catalyzes the hydrolysis of cellulose to oligosaccharides which are further hydrolyzed to glucose by Ru. Phenolic groups on carbon are important and the active Ru species is RuO2·2.3H2O.

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