Surface engineering of earth-abundant Fe catalysts for selective hydrodeoxygenation of phenolics in liquid phase

Journal Article
Chemical Science, vol. 11, iss. 23, pp. 5874-5880, 2020
Authors
Jianghao Zhang, Junming Sun, Libor Kovarik, Mark H. Engelhard, Lei Du, Berlin Sudduth, Houqian Li, Yong Wang
Abstract

Tailoring the graphene-covered Fe with Cs modifies the surface electronic properties of the catalysts such that selective C–O bond cleavage of phenol is achieved in liquid phase by inhibiting the facile tautomerization followed by ring saturation.

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