Development of catalysts for biomass transformation reactions

Abstract

World’s growing population and increasing energy consumption is resulting in the scarcity of fossil fuels. This depletion of fossil resources and growing reliance on fossil fuels have led current researchers to look forward for another renewable energy sources for sustainable future. Biomass is an excellent alternative renewable energy source. In this project, we have done a detailed study on the topic ‘Development of catalyst for biomass transformation reactions.’ We have synthesized a variety of biomass derived substrates from bio derived platform chemicals like furfural, 5-methyl furfural, methyl furan etc. and demonstrated their catalytic hydrogenation and hydrodeoxygenation over Ni0.9Pd0.1 nanoparticles at room temperature under H2 atmosphere using H2 balloon and high-pressure reactor (5 bar H2 pressure) respectively to obtain long chain (C8-C15) fuel components.