Metallic, bimetallic and metal oxide nanoparticles have gained much interest due to their importance in advanced technological applications. The development of new stabilizing ligands and reaction processes for nanoparticle stabilization has provided advantages toward obtaining well-defined nanoparticles with controlled morphology. Electrochemical, spectroscopic and x-ray techniques, as well as electron microscopy were used to characterize the nanoparticles. These nanoparticles have shown distinct reactivity in select hydrogenation reactions. We demonstrate the efficiency of the metallic, bimetallic and metal oxide nanoparticles as effective catalysts for conversion of organic acids, alcohols and esters into commodity chemicals. We have studied the stability of the nanoparticles under aqueous phase reaction conditions and assessed the effectiveness of the catalysts toward select conversion of biorenewables. The use of select metallic nanoparticles with waste grease also led to their conversion into biofuels. The presentation will demonstrate that metallic, bimetallic and metal oxide nanoparticles offer the robustness for repeated use, and ability to withstand restructuring in aqueous environments.

Nanostructured materials for catalytic conversion of biorenewables into biofuels and commodity chemicals

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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