Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2024, Vol. 62: 1-31.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(24)60054-9

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Recent progress on bimetallic catalysts for the production of fuels and chemicals from biomass and plastics by hydrodeoxygenation

Lujie Liua, Ben Liub, Yoshinao Nakagawab,*(), Sibao Liuc, Liang Wanga, Mizuho Yabushitab, Keiichi Tomishigeb,d,*()   

  1. aKey Laboratory of Biomass Chemical Engineering of Ministry of Education, College of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, Zhejiang, China
    bDepartment of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, Tohoku University, 6-6-07, Aoba, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8579, Japan
    cEngineering Research Center of Polymer Green Recycling of Ministry of Education, Fujian Key Laboratory of Pollution Control & Resource Reuse, College of Environmental and Resources, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, Fujian, China
    dAdvanced Institute for Materials Research (WPI-AIMR), Tohoku University, Katahira 2-1-1, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan
  • Received:2024-04-16 Accepted:2024-05-18 Online:2024-07-18 Published:2024-07-10
  • Contact: E-mail: yoshinao@erec.che.tohoku.ac.jp (Y. Nakagawa), tomishige@tohoku.ac.jp (K. Tomishige).
  • About author:Yoshinao Nakagawa (Tohoku University) received his Ph.D. in 2005 from the Graduate School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo. After 4 years of postdoctoral research in the University of Tokyo, he joined the research group of Keiichi Tomishige at University of Tsukuba. He moved to Tohoku University and became an assistant professor in 2010. Since 2013, he has been an associate professor. His current research interests are selective catalytic oxidations and reductions, especially those of biomass-related compounds.
    Keiichi Tomishige received his B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Science, Department of Chemistry, the University of Tokyo. During his Ph.D. course in 1994, he moved to the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo as a research associate. In 1998, he became a lecturer, and then he moved to Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba as a lecturer in 2001. Since 2004 he has been an associate professor, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba. Since 2010, he has been a professor, School of Engineering, Tohoku University. His research interests are the development of heterogeneous catalysts for production of biomass-derived chemicals and non-reductive CO2 conversion. He has also a role of Associate Editor of Green Chemistry.
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    Present address: Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China.

  • Supported by:
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(23H05404);Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(23K20034);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22202176);National Natural Science Foundation of China(22208243);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52276209);Postdoctoral Fellowship Program of CPSF(GZB20240650);China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(2021M702802)

Abstract:

Valorization of biomass and plastics is an urgent assignment to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. Hydrodeoxygenation using bimetallic catalysts with distinct active sites is one of the most effective approaches to producing fuels and chemicals via C-O/C-C bonds hydrogenolysis and hydrogenation. Rational design of bimetallic catalysts has been progressed in recent studies owing to the understanding of synergy and strong mutual interaction between metal nanoparticles and metal oxide species. Thus, activity of bimetallic catalysts has been further improved, and the chemoselectivity for suppression of C-C bond dissociation and the regioselectivity among different C-O bonds, which have less been achieved before, are realized in the hydrodeoxygenation reactions. The catalytic performances, catalyst structures, and reaction mechanisms are directly compared and discussed in details based on the C-O bond cleavage using glycerol and 1,2-propanediol hydrogenolysis as model reactions over Ir-, Pt-, and Ru-based bimetallic catalysts. Finally, application of these bimetallic catalysts to conversion of lignocellulose-derived feedstocks, carbonyl compounds, and typical plastic of polycarbonates is introduced.

Key words: Hydrodeoxygenation, Hydrogenolysis, Bimetallic catalyst, Biomass derivative, Plastic waste