Iowa State University Research Foundation Inc

Cornell University

Wenyu Huang

Aaron David Sadow

Marek Pruski

Anne M Lapointe

Frédéric A Perras

Chaoxian Xiao

Xun Wu

Akalanka Tennakoon

Disclosed herein is a catalyst which comprises a silica core having an outer surface and a mesoporous silica shell having an outer surface and an inner surface with the inner surface being inside the outer surface of said mesoporous silica shell proximate to and surrounding the outer surface of said silica core. Wherein the outer surface of the mesoporous silica shell has openings leading to pores within the mesoporous silica shell which extend toward the outer surface of said silica core. The catalyst also includes catalytically active metal nanoparticles positioned within the pores proximate to said core, wherein the catalytic metal nanoparticles comprise about 0.0001 wt % to about 1.0 wt % of the catalyst. Also disclosed are methods of making the catalyst and using it to carry out a process for catalytically hydrogenolysizing a polyolefinic polymer.

Pore-encapsulated catalysts for selective hydrogenolysis of plastic waste

The present invention relates to a process of producing a metal-containing catalyst. The process involves mixing a support material with one or more metals in a solution to produce a catalyst comprising a metal-loaded support. The catalyst comprising a metal-loaded support is treated with an atmosphere comprising 0.01 to 100% carbon-containing agents and 0-100% hydrogen at a temperature of 50 to 500&#xb0; C. to produce a treated metal-containing catalyst on a support. Also disclosed is the resulting treated metal-containing catalyst and its use in a process for converting propane to propylene.

Dehydrogenation of propane using a metal-containing catalyst on a support

The present invention relates to a method of converting levulinic acid or a derivative thereof to hydrocarbons and hydrogen by providing a source of levulinic acid or a derivative thereof and converting the levulinic acid or a derivative thereof in the source to hydrocarbons and hydrogen, where converting is carried out in a single reactor. The present invention also relates to methods for producing hydrocarbons and hydrogen.

Method of converting levulinic acid or a derivative thereof to hydrocarbons and hydrogen, and methods of the production of hydrocarbons and hydrogen

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