@article { ISI:000275090400021,
	title = {Cu:Al Nano catalyst for selective hydrogenolysis of glycerol to 1,2-propanediol},
	journal = {Catalysis Letters},
	volume = {135},
	number = {1-2},
	year = {2010},
	month = {MAR},
	pages = {141-147},
	publisher = {SPRINGER},
	address = {233 SPRING ST, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USA},
	abstract = {<p>Non-chromium Cu:Al nano catalyst prepared by simultaneous co-precipitation and digestion method without any template or stabilizer, showed three times higher activity than the bulk Cu-Cr catalyst for hydrogenolysis of glycerol in both isopropanol and water solvents, with the selectivity to 1,2-Propanediol (1,2-PDO) as high as 91\% at 493 K and H(2) pressure of 7 MPa in 5 h. XRD pattern showed the presence of Cu(+) species in the activated Cu: Al nano catalyst. Although Cu(+) is catalytically inactive in glycerol hydrogenolysis reaction, the presence of Cu(+) helps to stabilize the particle size in a narrow range of 7-11 nm by inhibiting the sintering of copper particles under reaction conditions.</p>},
	keywords = {1, 2-Propanediol, Cu:Al nano catalyst, Glycerol, Selective hydrogenolysis},
	issn = {1011-372X},
	doi = {10.1007/s10562-010-0276-5},
	author = {Mane, Rasika B. and Hengne, Amol M. and Ghalwadkar, Ajay A. and Vijayanand, Subramanian and Mohite, Pravin H. and Potdar, Hari S. and Rode, Chandrashekhar V.}
}
@article {44014,
	title = {Influence of carbon based supports on selectivity behavior of diols and propanol in Ru catalyzed glycerol hydrogenolysis},
	journal = {Applied Catalysis B: Environmental},
	volume = {204},
	year = {2017},
	month = {MAY},
	chapter = {134-146},
	abstract = {<p>Activated carbon (AC) and three graphite materials were studied as supports for Ru catalyzed glycerol hydrogenolysis to propanediols and 1-propanol. Structural characteristics of AC and graphite materials were found to greatly affect the reducibility and particle size of supported Ru and hence, the activity and product distribution in glycerol hydrogenolysis. XRD of graphite materials showed distinctly (002) plane having highly organized layered structure and the peak intensity decreased in the order of Ru/KS150 \&gt; Ru/HSAG100 \&gt; Ru/KS6 due to decrease in the graphite sheet thickness. In Raman, the intense D band in HSAG100 compared to that in KS6 and KS150 samples indicated its highly amorphous nature or mixed carbon hybridization. Glycerol conversion for Ru on AC was higher than that on graphite and among different graphites, it showed a descending activity order of Ru/KS6 \&gt; Ru/HSAG100 \&gt; Ru/KS150. The product distribution for AC and HSAG100 supported Ru was similar, giving 1-propanol (45\%) alongwith 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PDO) (37\%) and 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO) (9{\textendash}11\%). For graphite supports, availability of Ru although bigger in size (4{\textendash}5 nm), would be higher on the surface than in case of AC which formed deep hydrogenolysis products like 1-, 2- propanol, ethanol etc.</p>},
	keywords = {activated carbon, Amorphous carbon, catalysis, Glycerol, Glycerol conversions, Glycerol hydrogenolysis, graphite composites, Graphite supports, Hydrogenolysis, Hydrolysis, layered structures, Particle size, Product distributions, Propanediols, Propanol, Selectivity behavior, Structural characteristics, Structural effect, Structural effects},
	issn = {0926-3373},
	doi = {10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.11.032},
	author = {Mane, Rasika B. and Patil, S. and Shirai, Masayuki and Rayalu, Sadhana S. and Rode, Chandrashekhar V.}
}
