@article { ISI:000380362700025,
	title = {Highly efficient nitrogen-doped hierarchically porous carbon supported Ni nanoparticles for the selective hydrogenation of furfural to furfuryl alcohol},
	journal = {RSC Advances},
	volume = {6},
	number = {72},
	year = {2016},
	month = {JUL},
	pages = {67662-67668},
	publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY},
	address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Nickel nanoparticles supported on nitrogen doped hierarchically porous carbon (Ni/CN) are found to be highly efficient and reusable catalysts for the selective hydrogenation of biomass-derived furfural to furfuryl alcohol (FA). Various characterization methods were used to study the structural and morphological features of the catalysts. Furfural conversion of 96\% and 95\% FA selectivity was obtained using a 5 wt\% Ni/CN catalyst. This catalyst showed excellent recyclability without any loss in activity and FA selectivity when it was reused four times. The higher catalytic performance is attributed to the nitrogen incorporated hierarchical porous 3D carbon network.</p>},
	issn = {2046-2069},
	doi = {10.1039/c6ra14078e},
	author = {Kotbagi, Trupti V. and Gurav, Hanmant R. and Nagpure, Atul S. and Chilukuri, Satyanarayana V. and Bakker, Martin G.}
}
@article { ISI:000376119000058,
	title = {Hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde to hydrocinnamaldehyde over Pd nanoparticles deposited on nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon},
	journal = {RSC Advances},
	volume = {6},
	number = {50},
	year = {2016},
	month = {APR},
	pages = {44333-44340},
	publisher = {ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY},
	address = {THOMAS GRAHAM HOUSE, SCIENCE PARK, MILTON RD, CAMBRIDGE CB4 0WF, CAMBS, ENGLAND},
	abstract = {<p>Palladium nanoparticles deposited on nitrogen-doped mesoporous carbon (NMC) were synthesized by simple ultrasonic-assisted method. This novel Pd-NMC catalyst was highly active and selective for the hydrogenation of cinnamaldehyde (CA) to hydrocinnamaldehyde (HCA) at room temperature (30 degrees C) under low H-2 pressure. The nitrogen-free mesoporous carbon (MC) and activated carbon (AC) were also employed as the support for Pd in the liquid-phase hydrogenation of CA. The incorporation of nitrogen into carbon matrix remarkably enhanced the catalytic activity and C=C bond hydrogenation selectivity (HCA selectivity of 93\% with 100\% CA conversion for Pd-NMC) in CA hydrogenation compared to the catalysts with no nitrogen (HCA selectivity of 66 and 47\% for Pd-MC and Pd-AC, respectively). Moreover, Pd-NMC catalyst demonstrated an excellent recyclability without any loss in activity and HCA selectivity when it was reused for six times. The superior catalytic performance of Pd-NMC catalyst in CA hydrogenation is attributed to the small size of Pd nanoparticles due to presence of high nitrogen content (11.6 wt\%) and mesoporous nature of NMC support.</p>},
	issn = {2046-2069},
	doi = {10.1039/c6ra04154j},
	author = {Nagpure, Atul S. and Gurrala, Lakshmiprasad and Gogoi, Pranjal and Chilukuri, Satyanarayana V.}
}
