title: Cooperative catalysis for the direct hydrodeoxygenation of vegetable oils into diesel-range alkanes over Pd/NbOPO4.
abstract: Near quantitative carbon yields of diesel-range alkanes were achieved from the hydrodeoxygenation of triglycerides over Pd/NbOPO4 under mild conditions with no catalyst deactivation: catalyst characterization and theoretical calculations suggest that the high hydrodeoxygenation activity originated from the synergistic effect of Pd and strong Lewis acidity on the unique structure of NbOPO4.
authors.affiliation: Wolfson Catalysis Centre, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX1 3QR, UK. edman.tsang@chem.ox.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Qineng
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.forename: Xiaojing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Molly Meng-Jung
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yung-Kang
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Peng
authors.forename: Guoliang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Tai-Sing
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yun-Liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Soo
authors.forename: Xue-Qing
authors.initials: XQ
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Yanqin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Shik Chi Edman
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Tsang