Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2010, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (8): 928-932.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(10)60104-0

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Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose to Ethylene Glycol over Tungsten Phosphide Catalysts

ZHAO Guanhong1,2, ZHENG Mingyuan1, WANG Aiqin1, ZHANG Tao1,*   

  1. 1State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, Liaoning, China 2Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2010-06-24 Online:2010-08-30 Published:2013-12-26

Abstract: Tungsten phosphide (WP) showed good activity in the selective conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol (EG). At a H2 initial pressure of 6 MPa and temperature of 245 oC, EG yield reached 25.4 mol% over 20%WP/AC (activated carbon) and 46.0 mol% over 2%Ni-20%WP/AC, which demonstrated a remarkable synergy between Ni and WP.

Key words: biomass, cellulose, tungsten phosphide, ethylene glycol