PMID- 22655361 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120628 LR - 20190911 IS - 1001-0742 (Print) IS - 1001-0742 (Linking) VI - 24 IP - 3 DP - 2012 TI - Glucose production from hydrolysis of cellulose over a novel silica catalyst under hydrothermal conditions. PG - 473-8 AB - A novel silica catalyst was synthesized by evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) method and tested for the catalytic selective hydrolysis of cellulose to glucose. This silica catalyst exhibited a higher catalytic activity than other oxides prepared by the same method, such as ZrO2, TiO2, and Al2O3. Using silica as a catalyst, cellulose was selectively hydrolyzed into glucose with a glucose yield as high as 50% under hydrothermal conditions without hydrogen gas. The silica catalyst was characterized by Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results of temperature-programmed desorption of ammonia (NH3-TPD) and textural properties indicated that the synergistic effect between strong acidity and a suitable pore diameter of the silica catalyst may be responsible for its high activity. In addition, the catalyst was recyclable and showed excellent stability during the recycle catalytic runs. FAU - Wang, Huayu AU - Wang H AD - State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China. FAU - Zhang, Changbin AU - Zhang C FAU - He, Hong AU - He H FAU - Wang, Lian AU - Wang L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - J Environ Sci (China) JT - Journal of environmental sciences (China) JID - 100967627 RN - 7631-86-9 (Silicon Dioxide) RN - 9004-34-6 (Cellulose) RN - IY9XDZ35W2 (Glucose) SB - IM MH - Carbohydrate Conformation MH - Catalysis MH - Cellulose/*chemistry MH - Glucose/*chemistry MH - Hot Temperature MH - Hydrolysis MH - Microscopy, Electron, Transmission MH - Silicon Dioxide/*chemistry EDAT- 2012/06/05 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/29 06:00 CRDT- 2012/06/05 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/06/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/29 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1016/s1001-0742(11)60795-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Environ Sci (China). 2012;24(3):473-8. doi: 10.1016/s1001-0742(11)60795-x.