Sustainable conversion of cellulosic biomass to chemicals under visible-light irradiation

Lina Wang, Zhanying Zhang, Lixiong Zhang, Song Xue, William O.S. Doherty, Ian M. O'Hara, Xuebin Ke

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Abstract

For the first time, the conversion of crystalline cellulose to valuable chemicals was enhanced by visible-light irradiation using zeolite-based gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs). This plasmon-enhanced photocatalytic conversion significantly improved processing efficiency and achieved a high yield of 60% at relatively low temperature. Moreover, the photocatalytic properties of the photocatalysts varied with the light intensity and the irradiation wavelength.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)85242-85247
Number of pages6
JournalRSC Advances
Volume5
Issue number104
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015

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