Hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin to aromatics over the perovskite catalysts

LOU Jing; LIAO Wei-ting; WANG Zhi-yu; LI Lu; LI Yan; XIE Xin-an

doi:10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60004-5

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LOU Jing, LIAO Wei-ting, WANG Zhi-yu, LI Lu, LI Yan, XIE Xin-an. Hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin to aromatics over the perovskite catalysts[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(8): 984-992. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60004-5

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LOU Jing, LIAO Wei-ting, WANG Zhi-yu, LI Lu, LI Yan, XIE Xin-an. Hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin to aromatics over the perovskite catalysts[J]. Journal of Fuel Chemistry and Technology, 2022, 50(8): 984-992. doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60004-5

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Hydrothermal liquefaction of lignin to aromatics over the perovskite catalysts

doi: 10.1016/S1872-5813(22)60004-5

College of Food Science, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510642, China

Funds: The project was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (21576107)

Received Date: 2022-01-04
Rev Recd Date: 2022-02-12

Available Online: 2022-05-19

Publish Date: 2022-08-26

Abstract

Abstract

The catalytic performance of three LaBO₃ perovskites including LaCoO₃, LaFeO₃ and LaNiO₃ in the liquefaction of lignin was investigate through a series of experimental characterization methods such as GC-MS, FT-IR and elemental analysis as well as DFT calculation. The effects of reaction time, temperature, catalyst amount and B cation on the lignin conversion, bio-oil yield and products distribution were considered. The results indicate that all three perovskite catalysts can promote the liquefaction of lignin to produce aromatic compounds; among them, LaCoO₃ shows the highest catalytic performance, following by LaNiO₃ and LaFeO₃. In particular, by using 5% LaCoO₃, the bio-oil yield achieves 67.20% after reaction at 180 °C for 60 min, whilst the relative content of mono-aromatic compounds reaches 89.59%. The adsorption of oxygen atoms on the LaBO₃ crystal surface conduces to the decrease of bond dissociation energy for lignin (LaCoO₃ shows the moderate redox capacity and greatest adsorption energy), whilst the loose and porous morphology can effectively promote the fracture of C−C and C_Ar−OCH₃ of lignin. All these contribute to the macromolecular depolymerization and demethoxylation reaction, producing high value-added compounds such as phenol.
- lignin,
- perovskite,
- liquefaction,
- bio-oil,
- DFT calculation

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