Wang, Jiu; Zhao, Qi; Kumar, Pawan; Zhao, Heng; Jing, Liquan; Di Tommaso, Devis; Crespo-Otero, Rachel; ... Hu, Jinguang; + view all Wang, Jiu; Zhao, Qi; Kumar, Pawan; Zhao, Heng; Jing, Liquan; Di Tommaso, Devis; Crespo-Otero, Rachel; Kibria, Md Golam; Hu, Jinguang; - view fewer (2024) Solar-Driven Cellulose Photorefining into Arabinose over Oxygen-Doped Carbon Nitride. ACS Catalysis , 14 (5) pp. 3376-3386. 10.1021/acscatal.3c06046.

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Abstract

Biomass photorefining is a promising strategy to address the energy crisis and transition toward carbon carbon-neutral society. Here, we demonstrate the feasibility of direct cellulose photorefining into arabinose by a rationally designed oxygen-doped polymeric carbon nitride, which generates favorable oxidative species (e.g., O2-•OH) for selective oxidative reactions at neutral conditions. In addition, we also illustrate the mechanism of the photocatalytic cellulose to arabinose conversion by density functional theory calculations. The oxygen insertion derived from oxidative radicals at the C1 position of glucose within cellulose leads to oxidative cleavage of β-1,4 glycosidic linkages, resulting in the subsequent gluconic acid formation. The following decarboxylation process of gluconic acid via C1-C2 α-scissions, triggered by surface oxygen-doped active sites, generates arabinose and formic acid, respectively. This work not only offers a mechanistic understanding of cellulose photorefining to arabinose but also sets up an example for illuminating the path toward direct cellulose photorefining into value-added bioproducts under mild conditions.

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