title: Cu nanoclusters supported on nanocrystalline SiO₂-MnO₂: a bifunctional catalyst for the one-step conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid.
abstract: A material consisting of highly dispersed Cu nanoclusters anchored on nanocrystalline SiO2-MnO2 has been prepared, and was found to act as a bifunctional catalyst for the one-step conversion of glycerol to acrylic acid using H2O2. Under optimized conditions a glycerol conversion of 77.1%, with 74.7% selectivity for acrylic acid, was achieved after 30 h reaction time.
authors.affiliation: Catalytic Conversion & Processes Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun 248005, India. raja@iip.res.in.
authors.forename: Bipul
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sarkar
authors.forename: Chandrashekar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pendem
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Sivakumar Konathala
authors.forename: Ritesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tiwari
authors.forename: Takehiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Rajaram
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bal