Valorizing biomass waste glycerol to fuel additive at room temperature using a nanostructured WO3/Nb2O5 catalyst

We developed a nanostructured catalyst consisting of WO3 nanoparticles and Nb2O5 nanorods for efficient glycerol acetalization to produce a fuel additive (solketal) at room temperature. Particularly, the WO3/Nb2O5 nanocatalyst calcined at 400 °C (WO3/Nb2O5–4) contains W5+ species and optimum acid si...

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Main Authors: Suresh Babu Putla, P. Subha, Bhattu Swapna, Nittan Singh, Putla Sudarsanam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-01-01
Series:Catalysis Communications
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1566736723002297