OB26 Low-Pressure Hydrodeoxygenation of a Model Bio-Oil Compound Over Pt-Based Bimetallic Catalysts

Tuesday, June 7, 2011: 2:30 PM
Columbus Ballroom (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Andrew J. Foster, Phuong T. M. Do, Jingguang G. Chen and Raul F. Lobo, Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, DE
We report significant improvement in the activity and selectivity of a monometallic Pt catalyst by addition of M3d metals in the hydrodeoxygenation of model bio-oil compounds under mild conditions.

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