Catalytic Conversion of Cellulose to Ethylene Glycol over Tungsten Phosphide Catalysts

✍ Scribed by Guanhong ZHAO; Mingyuan ZHENG; Aiqin WANG; Tao ZHANG

• Book ID: 104452912
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2010
• Weight: 259 KB
• Volume: 31
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1872-2067
• DOI: 10.1016/s1872-2067(10)60104-0

✦ Synopsis

Tungsten phosphide (WP) showed good activity in the selective conversion of cellulose to ethylene glycol (EG). At a H 2 initial pressure of 6 MPa and temperature of 245 o C, 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.