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Ni–Mg–Al Catalysts Effectively Promote Depolymerization of Rice Husk Lignin to Bio-Oil

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Catalytic depolymerization of lignin to produce bio-oil, liquid fuels, and aromatic chemicals in high yields is important for a biorefinery to remain competitive. In this study, undoped and Ni-doped catalysts for depolymerization of rice husk lignin (RHL) were developed and analyzed. The results showed that the catalysts had hydrotalcite-like structures with lamellar morphology. With suitable Ni-doping amount, the catalysts had high activity, thus better promoted the depolymerization of RHL. Among all catalysts, the Ni1/4MgAl catalyst could best promote the cleavage of the β-O-4 aryl ether bond in RHL molecule and thus could substantially increase the yields of bio-oil. The depolymerization catalyzed by this catalyst was also found to be temperature-, time-, and solvent-dependent. This study provides information that can be beneficial to the biorefinery industries and may help promote the valorization of lignin.

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This work was supported by the National Key R&D Program of China (No. 2017YFB0307900), National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 21908014, 31470604), the Liaoning Providence Science and Technology Project (No. 20180550759), the Opening Project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control (KF201803-5) and the State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering (No. 201803).

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  1. Liaoning Key Laboratory of Pulp and Papermaking Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian, 116034, Liaoning, China

    Boyu Du, Bingyang Liu, Yingying Yang, Si Gao, Zhenshu Zhang, Xing Wang & Jinghui Zhou

  2. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Clean Pulp & Papermaking and Pollution Control, College of Light Industry and Food Engineering, Guangxi University, Nanning, 530004, China

    Changzhou Chen & Xing Wang

  3. Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Gunma University, Kiryu, 376-8515, Gunma, Japan

    Yang Sun

  4. State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510640, China

    Xing Wang

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Du, B., Chen, C., Sun, Y. et al. Ni–Mg–Al Catalysts Effectively Promote Depolymerization of Rice Husk Lignin to Bio-Oil. Catal Lett 150, 1591–1604 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02956-8

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