Advances in Aluminophosphates for Catalytic Upgrading of Lignocellulose and Derived Compounds

Wenting Fang, Anders Riisager*

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Abstract

Utilization of lignocellulosic biomass as a renewable resource to produce liquid fuels/fuel additives and commodity chemicals offer solutions to minimize the exhaustion of nonrenewable carbon-based fossil resources and mitigate environmental problems. Cellulose and hemicellulose derived from lignocellulose can be converted into several important platform molecules like glucose, fructose, xylose, 5-hydroxymethylfurfural, furfural, levulinic acid, etc., which subsequently can be transformed into fuels/fuel additives and value-added chemicals using heterogeneous catalytic processes. Aluminophosphates (AlPO-n) are zeotype materials with tunable physicochemical properties like acidity and porosity, and this have promoted their wide use as versatile catalysts for several acid-catalyzed reactions, including hydrolysis, dehydration, isomerization, transfer hydrogenation, reductive etherification, acetalization and aldol condensation. This review summarizes the design and synthetic advances of AlPO-n catalysts as well as their application in the valorization of lignocellulose and derivatives to platform chemicals and fuel compounds. Perspectives for future design strategies are finally outlined.

Original languageEnglish
Article numbere202400394
JournalChemCatChem
Volume16
Issue number18
Number of pages14
ISSN1867-3880
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024

Keywords

  • Acidity
  • Aluminophosphates
  • Biofuel
  • Biomass conversion

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