Hexagonally ordered mesoporous silica material SBA-15 with thick pore wall is an ideal catalytic support for immobilizing reactive tiny metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs) due to its large pore size, high specific surface area, excellent feasibility for the immobilization of NPs and robust nature of the mesoporous framework. NiO@SBA-15 nanocomposite material has been synthesised through non-ionic surfactant assisted hydrothermal synthesis of SBA-15 followed by calcination, functionalization and impregnation. The material has been thoroughly characterized by using powder XRD, N₂ sorption, XPS and NH₃-TPD. NiO@SBA-15 with ca. 13 % Ni(II) loading displayed specific surface area of 409 m² g⁻¹ and weak surface acidity. NiO@SBA-15 showed good catalytic activity for conversion of ethanol to hydrocarbon fuels, specifically C1 and C4 hydrocarbons at 300 ̊C together with the production of hydrogen in almost stoichiometric amount. Further increase in the reaction temperature favoured cracking to yield methane as the major product. Supported NiO NPs acts as efficient catalytic centre for the conversion of ethanol to hydrocarbon fuels, which is an alternate to fossil fuel. Catalytic process is environment friendly and sustainable as the feedstock ethanol can be easily obtained from biomass resources.

具有大孔壁的六角有序介孔二氧化硅材料SBA-15是固定化反应性微小金属氧化物纳米粒子（NPs）的理想催化载体，因为它的孔径大，比表面积大，固定化NP的可行性极佳且具有坚固的特性。中孔框架。NiO @ SBA-15纳米复合材料是通过非离子表面活性剂辅助水热合成SBA-15，然后进行煅烧，功能化和浸渍而合成的。该材料已通过使用粉末XRD，N ₂吸附，XPS和NH ₃ -TPD进行了彻底表征。NiO @ SBA-15，约。负载13％Ni（II）的比表面积为409 m ² g ^-1和弱的表面酸度。NiO @ SBA-15具有良好的催化活性，可将乙醇转化为碳氢化合物燃料，特别是在300°C时C1和C4碳氢化合物以及几乎化学计量的氢气产生。反应温度的进一步升高有利于裂解以产生甲烷作为主要产物。负载的NiO NPs是乙醇转化为碳氢燃料的有效催化中心，碳氢燃料是化石燃料的替代物。催化过程对环境友好且可持续，因为可以轻松地从生物质资源中获得原料乙醇。