title: Polyoxometalate-supported ruthenium nanoparticles as bifunctional heterogeneous catalysts for the conversions of cellobiose and cellulose into sorbitol under mild conditions.
abstract: Ru nanoparticles loaded on a Keggin-type polyoxometalate (Cs(3)PW(12)O(40)), which did not possess strong intrinsic acidity, efficiently catalysed the conversions of cellobiose and cellulose into sorbitol in water medium in H(2) at ≤433 K. The Brønsted acid sites generated in situ from H(2) have been demonstrated to play a key role in the formation of sorbitol.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, China.
authors.forename: Mi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Weiping
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: Qinghong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yanliang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D002475:Cellobiose / Q000737:chemistry*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D012428:Ruthenium / Q000737:chemistry*; D013012:Sorbitol / Q000737:chemistry*; D017973:Tungsten Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D000099294:Polyoxometalates
chemical_list: D002475:Cellobiose; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D012428:Ruthenium; D013012:Sorbitol; D017973:Tungsten Compounds; C102296:polyoxometalate I; D000099294:Polyoxometalates