@article {48959,
	title = {Ligand-free one-pot synthesis of Ru/W18O49  self-assembled hierarchical coral-like nanostructures for selective conversion of glucose into glycols},
	journal = {ACS Applied Nano Materials },
	volume = {6},
	year = {2023},
	month = {DEC },
	pages = {22635-22642},
	type = {Journal Article},
	abstract = {<p>In this study, we report a simple inorganic route for the synthesis of Ru/W18O49 self-assembled coral-like nanostructures, with the following advantages: It is one step and requires no surfactant or stabilizing agent; Ru loading is easily tuned, and the as-synthesized nanomaterials can be used as a catalyst without any further processing. The preliminary investigations of the catalytic performance of these as-synthesized Ru/W18O49 nanomaterials appear quite promising for converting glucose to glycols. The total glycol selectivity of 82.6\% with 100\% conversion of glucose was obtained over 0.03 wt \% Ru loading on tungsten nanostructures, which turns out to be the lowest Ru loading\% on support reported to date to achieve the highest total glycol selectivity among the previously reported catalyst based on Ru-nano/composite materials. Additionally, preliminary results show that the concentration of Ru on W18O49 significantly affects the selectivity of the glycol production. Thus, our methodology will open up a wide range of opportunities regarding the choice of metals, stoichiometric/nonstoichiometric WOx (x=1-3) as support, and the viability of further catalytic manipulations. A probable catalytic mechanism for this catalytic process is also proposed.</p>
},
	keywords = {glycols, Nanostructure, One-pot synthesis, ruthenium (Ru), selective conversion of glucose, tungsten oxide (W18O49)},
	doi = {10.1021/acsanm.3c04200},
	author = {Patil, Manoj Krishnat and Gaikwad, Supriya Hanmant and Kirali, Arun Arunima Balachandran and Marimuthu, Banu and Mukherjee, Shatabdi Porel}
}
