PubCard - Catalyst design strategy toward the efficient heterogeneously-catalyzed selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

(Peer-Reviewed) Catalyst design strategy toward the efficient heterogeneously-catalyzed selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural

Huai Liu 刘淮 ¹ ², Xing Tang 唐兴 ² ³, Xianhai Zeng 曾宪海 ² ³, Yong Sun 孙勇 ² ³, Xixian Ke 柯希贤 ⁴, Tianyuan Li 李天源 ⁴, Jiaren Zhang 张家仁 ⁵, Lu Lin 林鹿 ² ³

¹ BiomassChem Group, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650500, China
中国昆明昆明理工大学化学工程学院
² Xiamen Key Laboratory of Clean and High-valued Utilization for Biomass, College of Energy, Xiamen University, Xiang’an South Road, Xiamen 361102, China
中国厦门厦门大学能源学院厦门市生物质清洁高值化利用重点实验室
³ Fujian Engineering and Research Center of Clean and High-valued Technologies for Biomass, Xiamen University, Xiang’an South Road, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
中国福建厦门福建省生物质清洁高值化技术工程研究中心
⁴ Key Lab for Sport Shoes Upper Materials of Fujian Province (Fujian Huafeng New Material Co., Ltd.), Putian 351144, Fujian, China
中国福建莆田福建省运动鞋面料重点实验室室（福建华峰新材料有限公司）
⁵ PetroChina Petrochemical Research Institute, Beijing 102206, P. R. China
中国北京中国石油石油化工研究院

Green Energy & Environment, 2021-11-24

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gee.2021.10.004

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468025721001722

Abstract

The selective oxidation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a versatile bio-based platform molecule, leads to the formation of several intriguing and useful downstream chemicals, such as 2,5-diformylfuran (DFF), 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid (HMFCA), formyl 2-furancarboxylic acid (FFCA), 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) and furan-2,5-dimethylcarboxylate (FDMC). These products have been extensively employed to fabricate novel polymers, pharmaceuticals, sustainable dyes and many other value-added fine chemicals. The heart of the developed HMF oxidation processes is always the catalyst.

In this regard, this review comprehensively summarized the established heterogeneous catalyst design strategy for the selective oxidation of HMF via thermo-catalysis. Particular attention has been focused on the reaction mechanism of HMF oxidation over different catalysts as well as enhancing the catalytic performance of the catalyst through manipulating the properties of the support and fabricating of multi-component metal nano-particles and oxides. The current challenges and possible research directions for the catalytic oxidation of HMF in the future are also discussed.