Aluminium-biochar composites as sustainable heterogeneous catalysts for glucose isomerisation in a biorefinery

Iris K.M. Yu; Xinni Xiong; Daniel C.W. Tsang; Lei Wang; Andrew J. Hunt; Hocheol Song; Jin Shang; Yong Sik Ok; Chi Sun Poon

doi:10.1039/c8gc02466a

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Novel and sustainable aluminium-biochar composite carries amorphous Al-oxygen species, providing Lewis acidity to catalyse isomerisation of glucose to fructose.

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