Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles within Carbon Nanotubes As Catalysts for Gamma-Valerolactone Production Via Levulinic Acid Hydrogenation

Teixeira da Silva, Victor

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Ballroom B (Lawrence Convention Center)

Victor Teixeira da Silva¹, Estevão Mai¹, Marta Albuqueruqe Machado¹, Thomas E. Davies² and Jose A. Lopez-Sanchez², (1)Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, (2)University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.

It was reported for the first time by our groups that Mo₂C is an efficient catalyst to selectively convert levulinic acid into γ-valerolactone. The support plays a fundamental role in the activity and stability of Mo₂C: it is stable when supported in CNT but undergoes deactivation when supported on CNF.

Extended Abstracts:

E.F. Mai NAM Meeting.pdf (654.6KB) - Extended Abstract

P-Tu-B-220 Molybdenum Carbide Nanoparticles within Carbon Nanotubes As Catalysts for Gamma-Valerolactone Production Via Levulinic Acid Hydrogenation