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Unravelling mass transport in hierarchically porous catalysts

Isaacs, MA; Robinson, N; Barbero, B; Durndell, LJ; Manayil, JC; Parlett, CMA; D'Agostino, C; ... Lee, AF; + view all (2019) Unravelling mass transport in hierarchically porous catalysts. Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 7 (19) pp. 11814-11825. 10.1039/c9ta01867k. Green open access

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Abstract

Bio-derived platform chemicals and fuels are important for the development of sustainable manufacturing. However, their efficient production from biomass necessitates new catalysts and processes optimised for the selective transformation of large molecules. Mesoporous and hierarchically porous functional materials are promising catalyst candidates for biomass valorisation, but quantitative relationships between pore dimensions/connectivity, mass transport, and corresponding catalytic performance are poorly defined. A family of hierarchical macroporous-mesoporous SBA-15 sulfonic acids were prepared with tunable macropore diameters for carboxylic acid esterification. Turnover frequencies for long-chain (palmitic and erucic) acids were proportional to macropore diameter (≤370 nm), whereas propanoic acid esterification was independent of macropore size. Pulsed field gradient NMR diffusion experiments reveal that larger macropores enhance esterification of bulky carboxylic acids by conferring superior pore interconnectivity and associated mass transport.

Type: Article
Title: Unravelling mass transport in hierarchically porous catalysts
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1039/c9ta01867k
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9ta01867k
Language: English
Additional information: © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2019. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Chemistry
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10075683
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