title: Continuous catalytic upgrading of ethanol to n-butanol over Cu-CeO2/AC catalysts.
abstract: Cu-CeO2/AC catalysts exhibited extraordinary catalytic performance in the upgradation of ethanol to n-butanol. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report that the highest n-butanol yields of 21.6% and nearly 20% could be achieved over heterogeneous catalysts under mild reaction conditions in batch and fixed-bed reactors, respectively. The high catalytic activity, selectivity and stability of these catalysts could be ascribed to the synergy of Cu, CeO2and the activated carbon support.
authors: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China. junni@zjut.edu.cn xnli@zjut.edu.cn.
authors: Dahao
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authors: Jiang
authors: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China. junni@zjut.edu.cn xnli@zjut.edu.cn.
authors: Xianyuan
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authors: Wu
authors: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China. junni@zjut.edu.cn xnli@zjut.edu.cn.
authors: Jun
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authors: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China. junni@zjut.edu.cn xnli@zjut.edu.cn.
authors: Jun
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authors: State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Chemistry Synthesis Technology, Institute of Industrial Catalysis, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, P. R. China. junni@zjut.edu.cn xnli@zjut.edu.cn.
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