Production of p‐Xylene from Biomass by Catalytic Fast Pyrolysis Using ZSM‐5 Catalysts with Reduced Pore Openings

• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201205230
• Publication Date: 2012-10-04T13:38:45Z
• Authors: Yu‐Ting Cheng; Zhuopeng Wang; Christopher J. Gi...; Wei Fan; George W. Huber
• Keywords: ZSM-5; Furan

Pores for thought: Chemical liquid deposition of silica onto ZSM-5 catalysts led to smaller pore openings that resulted in >90% selectivity p-xylene over the other xylenes catalytic fast pyrolysis furan and 2-methylfuran (see scheme). The increased from 51% with gallium spray-dried 72% a pore-mouth-modified catalyst pine wood.