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| Title: | Mesoporous Zn/MgO hexagonal nano-plates as a catalyst for Camelina oil biodiesel synthesis | Authors: | Man, LF Kwong, TL Wong, WK Yung, KF |
Issue Date: | Oct-2021 | Source: | Nanomaterials, Oct. 2021, v. 11, no. 10, 2690 | Abstract: | A novel mesoporous Zn/MgO hexagonal-nano-plate catalyst was synthesized by a simple template-free hydrothermal method and applied in the base-catalyzed transesterification of Camelina oil for biodiesel synthesis. The Zn/MgO catalyst calcinated at 873 K exhibited the highest catalytic activity with a yield of 88.7%. This catalytic reaction was performed using 3% w/w of the catalyst with a methanol-to-oil molar ratio of 24:1 at 393 K in 8 h. The excellent catalytic performance is possibly attributed to its favorable textural features with relatively high surface area (69.1 m2 g−1 ) and appropriate size of the mesopores (10.4 nm). In addition, the as-synthesized catalyst demonstrated a greater basic sites density than single mesoporous MgO, which might have been promoted by the addition of Zn, leading to a synergetic interaction that enhanced its catalytic activity. This catalytic system demonstrated high stability for five catalytic runs and catalytic activity with over 84% yield. | Keywords: | Zn/MgO Nano-plates Mesoporous Heterogeneous base catalyst Biodiesel Transesterification Camelina oil |
Publisher: | Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) | Journal: | Nanomaterials | ISSN: | 2079-4991 | DOI: | 10.3390/nano11102690 | Rights: | © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and
conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The following publication Man, L.-F.; Kwong, T.-L.; Wong, W.-T.; Yung, K.-F. Mesoporous Zn/MgO Hexagonal Nano-Plates as a Catalyst for Camelina Oil Biodiesel Synthesis. Nanomaterials 2021, 11, 2690 is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/nano11102690 |
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