Synthesis of Mg-K-biochar bimetallic catalyst and its evaluation of glucose isomerization

Biochar 2023

Synthesis of Mg-K-biochar bimetallic catalyst and its evaluation of glucose isomerization

Xiheng Kang, Zi You, Jian Peng, Arthur J. Ragauskas, Jingdong Pang, Peitao Zhao, Yongjun Yin, Xueping Song*.

摘要：Highly efficient isomerization of glucose to fructose is essential for valorizing cellulose fraction of biomass to value-added chemicals. This work   provided an innovative method for preparing Mg-biochar and Mg–K-biochar catalysts by impregnating either MgCl2 alone or in combination with different K compounds (Ding et al. in Bioresour Technol 341:125835, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2021.125835 and KHCO3) on cellulose-derived biochar, followed by hydrothermal carbonization and pyrolysis. Single active substance MgO existing in the 10Mg–C could give better catalytic effect on glucose isomerization than the synergy of MgO and KCl crystalline material present in 10Mg–KCl–C. But the catalytic effect of 10Mg–C was decreased when the basic site of MgO was overloaded. Compared to other carbon-based metal catalysts, 10Mg–KHCO3–C with 10 wt% MgCl2 loading had   excellent catalytic performance, which gave   a higher fructose yield (36.7%) and selectivity (74.54%), and catalyzed excellent glucose conversion (53.99%) at 100 °C in 30 min. Scanning electron microscope–energy dispersive spectrometer and X-Ray diffraction revealed that the distribution of Mg2+ and K+ in 10Mg–KHCO3–C   was uniform and the catalytic active substances (MgO, KCl and K2CO3) were more than 10Mg–C (only MgO). The synergy effects of MgO and K2CO3 active sites enhanced   the pH of reaction system and   induced H2O ionization to form considerable OH− ions, thus easily realizing a deprotonation of glucose and effectively catalyzing the isomerization of glucose. In this study, we developed a highly efficient Mg–K-biochar bimetallic catalyst for glucose isomerization and provided   an efficient method for cellulose valorization.

DOI：https://doi.org/10.1007/s42773-023-00250-w