O-Tu-403-10 Carbon Overcoating of Supported Metal Catalysts for Improved Hydrothermal Stability

Tuesday, June 16, 2015: 4:40 PM
403-405 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Hien Pham1, Robert Johnson2, Thomas Schwartz3, Brandon O'Neill3, Klaus Schmidt-Rohr4, James A. Dumesic3 and Abhaya K. Datye1, (1)University of New Mexico, USA, (2)Iowa State University, USA, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, USA, (4)Brandeis University, USA.
The stability of oxide-supported metal catalysts under hydrothermal conditions is significantly improved using a facile, inexpensive carbon overcoating approach to deposit monolayer coverage of carbon.  This approach is demonstrated in an aqueous-phase reaction, such as hydrogenation of biomass-derived furfural to furfuryl alcohol.

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