Selective oxidation of glycerol to formic acid in highly concentrated aqueous solutions with molecular oxygen using V-substituted phosphomolybdic acids
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Zhang, Jizhe
Sun, Miao
Han, Yu

KAUST Department
Advanced Membranes and Porous Materials Research CenterChemical Science Program
KAUST Catalysis Center (KCC)
Nanostructured Functional Materials (NFM) laboratory
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2014Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/563233
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Formic acid is an important commodity chemical as well as a promising medium for hydrogen storage and hydrogen production. In this paper, we report that formic acid can be produced through selective oxidation of glycerol, a low-cost by-product of biodiesel, by using vanadium-substituted phosphomolybdic acids as catalysts and molecular oxygen as the oxidant. Significantly, this catalytic system allows for high-concentration conversions and thus leads to exceptional efficiency. Specifically, 3.64 g of formic acid was produced from 10 g of glycerol/water (50/50 in weight) solution. © 2014 the Partner Organisations.Citation
Zhang, J., Sun, M., & Han, Y. (2014). Selective oxidation of glycerol to formic acid in highly concentrated aqueous solutions with molecular oxygen using V-substituted phosphomolybdic acids. RSC Adv., 4(67), 35463–35466. doi:10.1039/c4ra05424ePublisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Journal
RSC Advancesae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1039/c4ra05424e