@article { ISI:000335559100055,
	title = {Solvothermal synthesis of mesoporous manganese oxide with enhanced catalytic activity for veratryl alcohol oxidation},
	journal = {RSC Advances},
	volume = {4},
	number = {37},
	year = {2014},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {19450-19455},
	publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY},
	address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Catalyst activities of manganese and cobalt oxides prepared by solvothermal and co-precipitation methods were studied for veratryl alcohol oxidation. Manganese oxides showed higher activity performance than that of cobalt oxides irrespective of the method of preparation. The solvothermal method yielded mesoporous manganese oxide without using any template giving mixed phases of monoclinic Mn5O8 and hausmannite Mn3O4. The mesoporous manganese oxide exhibited excellent activity for liquid phase aerobic oxidation of veratryl alcohol under base free conditions, with 90\% conversion and almost complete selectivity towards veratraldehyde. The detailed characterization results on morphology, size and composition of the prepared mesoporous manganese oxide obtained by XRD, XPS, H-2-TPR, N-2 adsorption-desorption isotherms, FESEM and HR-TEM techniques were used to understand the role of morphological and structural features in enhancement of the observed catalytic activity.</p>},
	issn = {2046-2069},
	doi = {10.1039/c4ra00184b},
	author = {Jha, Ajay and Chandole, Tejansh and Pandya, Rajan and Roh, Hyun-Seog and Rode, Chandrashekhar V.}
}
@article {48768,
	title = {Selective oxidation of 5-HMF to DFF over alkali promoted Mn nanocomposite},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis A-General},
	volume = {659},
	year = {2023},
	month = {JUN},
	pages = {119180},
	type = {Article},
	abstract = {<p>
	Various compositions of Cs promoted Mn catalysts were synthesized and investigated for selective oxidation of 5HMF to DFF, among which Mn-Cs(80:20) was found to be most efficient giving 91 \% conversion of 5-HMF and 99 \% selectivity to DFF. Detail characterization like N2-sorption, BET surface area, TG-DTA, XRD, XPS, FE-SEM-EDX, TEM, HR-TEM, CO2-TPD, H2-TPR, O2-TPO, FTIR, Raman spectra and CH3OH-IR were done to establish structureactivity correlation. Enhanced surface area, porosity, thermal stability, dual morphologies were observed due to inclusion of Cs in Mn lattice domain which further enhanced the crystallinity, and oxygen diffusion on the surface. Mixed morphologies comprising nanoparticles (4-5 nm) and nanocubes (50-60 nm) were observed with enhanced redox potential and reduced work function due to weakening of Mn-O bonds. Significant increase in the basicity of catalyst, interfacial redox properties and lattice oxygen led to highly efficient oxidation of 5-HMF to DFF via Mars-van Krevelen mechanism at relatively milder conditions i.e. T = 90 degrees C and PO2= 200 psig. The catalyst was easily recyclable up to 7 times with minor loss in activity which was regenerated heat treatment protocol.</p>
},
	keywords = {5-HMF, Biomass, heterogeneous catalyst, polyurethane, Selective oxidation},
	issn = {0926-860X},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119180},
	author = {Solanki, Bhanupratap Singh and Roh, Hyun-Seog and V. Rode, Chandrashekhar}
}
