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, V. Gutierrez V. , ), Av. Alem 1253, Bahía Av.Alem1253, UNS), b , M.A. Volpe , b . . This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article mesoporous silica, grafting.mesoporous aluminum KEYWORDS: LGOinlower of levels bio stability H leachable In anhydrosaccharide. target SBA over grafting Aluminum CONCLUSION: be correlatedfound to withthe the in levels the therefore and surface H of concentration the decreasing of phosphates, formation aluminum the to led catalysts (SPA) acid phosphoric solid in Al of presence support silica the on increase an deposition produced Al synthesis Post pyrolysis. fast cellulose in NMR acid phosphoric Aluminum RESULTS:

, NH ,

ic deactivation since 3 - - loaded

TPD, N TPD,

3 GC PO Solid , cellulose pyrolysis, levoglucosenone, levoglucosenone, pyrolysis, cellulose acid, phosphoric Solid

4 - MS detectable liquid products ( products liquid detectable MS

aayt wr prepared were catalysts mut wih s eial fo te on o ve of view of point the from desirable is which amount, 2 SBA

adsorption, adsorption, of bio of - 15 -

oil

G lvl. T levels. LGO s any asd by caused mainly is - . - 15

mesoporous silica and the corresponding solid solid corresponding the and silica mesoporous oil yield and LGO LGO and yield oil

amount of freeH amount of SPAs is an effective way to increase the increase to way effective an is ICP - AES te rsne f Al of presence the ,

e Ps rsne rltvl hg L high relatively presented SPAs he and titration of “free of titration and caatrzd y E, FT TEM, by characterized , 3 amount PO up to 85 to up H 3 4 PO

in the solid catalysts. in solid the catalysts. 4

in pyrolysis products. The products. pyrolysis in leaching,

peak area peak

3

PO eue the reduced H 3 4 PO

selectivity to the to selectivity but species in the the in species %) 4 ”, and tested and ”,

also led to to led also which - R MAS IR,

catalyst

easily

was was GO

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article ih ils of yields high is cellulose pyrolysis cellulose of classified be and problems environmental building wastes solid municipal materials acid phosphoric of pyrolysis via obtained conveniently be also can Levoglucosenone applications other petrochemical replace bio a as useful is (Cyrene), synthesis 2 L of production optimized an much Biomass Introduction basis - evoglucosenone u levoglucosenon oe i a aube chemical valuable a is lose) - rae nwpit n ohr at ppr a cellu as papers waste other and newsprint treated ).

higher added value compared to fuels and energy products energy and fuels to compared value added higher

motn ise t tk it acut hn considering when account into take to issues Important - . - . derived chemicals chemicals derived [ otiig a materials raw containing lc from block [ 10 4 ,

f wd vrey of variety wide a of 6 , to use polar use to 11 , 7

] ]

. Considering that Considering LGO [ 2 A , 3 atraie prah to approach alternative n ,

4 . (LGO; 1,6 (LGO; ] i te iud product liquid the in e [

5

] a be can The hydrogenated form of LGO, dihydrolevoglucosenone LGO, of form hydrogenated The G cn e selecti be can LGO - derived NMP and similar solvents in synthetic ch synthetic in solvents similar and NMP derived available available ,

[ aprotic solvents such as THF and THF as such solvents aprotic 8 ]

i dsra pouto o ti ueu ad aube chiral valuable and useful this of production ndustrial

- band ih hs methods these with obtained are anhydro - chemicals based polar, aprotic solvent with with solvent aprotic polar, based p

aper products are one of the main components in components main the of one are products aper attractive commercial possibilities owing to their their to owing possibilities commercial attractive ht a be ue a a as used been has that waste

pharmaceuticals with - 3,4 pwr and power ,

-

dideoxy cellulosic material could solve some some solve could material cellulosic s as green chemistry green as ey rdcd rm ells pyrolysis. cellulose from produced vely iea acids mineral

can producing

e civd i imp via achieved be - β - , D

- natural natural glycero biofuels

or this anhydrosugar from from anhydrosugar this

sulfolane u t 5% n molar a on 51% to (up

b . i nc liquids onic [ - idn bok o the for block uilding 9 lose hex

] rdcs n rare and products

High concentration concentration High n biorefinery a in

-

- in the the in h potential the 3 containing raw raw containing . h ue of use the [ 12 - enopyranose , 13 regnation of of regnation emistry and emistry ]

context Relatively Relatively ro to prior

the the . to to of of [ 1 - ]

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article as than yields, with mixed mechanically biomass of pyrolysis and cumene components Zhang gasoline to produce to propene isobutene and with propene of benzene oligomerization of alkylation ethanol, to hydration (SPA) called is solid resulting the acid, phosphoric is support the material carrier a of surface the over cat acid solid different the Among regeneration simple a of feasibility the including to compared when advantages several of moun oxides, metal mixed , catalysts acid solid liquid methods, impregnation acid in chemicals previously oxides aluminazirconia,(namely, titania,and

ois c a ais ne rato conditions reaction under acids as act solids solid the yields reported in literature in reported yields the

. acids

. [ particularly for H for particularly eaain f h ctls fo te ecin mixture reaction the from catalyst the of separation 19 t al et SPA

, 20 superacid ,

described ] the slow reaction in solvent in reaction slow the

s o desirable not is s .

[ for recycleuse 15

are ]

xlrd the explored s fiin industrial efficient appear as appear

methods eg slae mtl oxides metal sulfated (e.g. 3 PO . 4

[ - 14 c rm n niomna pit f view of point environmental an from impre niuu production ontinuous a promising alternative. promising a are the requirement of requirement are the ]

p in the latter case latter the in Moreover, s rod alysts, supported acids consist acids supported alysts, gnated SBA gnated cin of uction ted acids, mesoporous materials mesoporous acids, ted

for .

[ s and s 18 catalysts catalysts When the When

different kind different ] ) , and, olid not acidcatalystsare corrosive

the need of pretreatments of pretreatments of need the homogeneous levoglucosenone comparable - SPA 15 mesoporous silica, mesoporous 15

for the i the mineral mineral

, .

[

16

high processes such as ethylene ethylene as such processes lessor non reusable c S s

mpregnation , In 17 tlss Te obta The atalysts.

ld cd catalysts acid olid of ] ) this r reaction er

acid used to impregnate impregnate to used acid solid acid catalysts such catalysts acid solid and

with Solid Phosphoric Acid Acid Phosphoric Solid aayi substance catalytic type of type n te osblt of possibility the and

bare metal oxides oxides metal bare rm aayi fast catalytic from nanopowder metal metal nanopowder

of an of . In this context, context, this In . of

catalysts , the surfaces surfaces the , temperature biomass wi biomass

were acid sprea acid ined ined

- cellulo reusable reusable present present

higher higher ; LGO e.g. .

. [ se se 14 th th s s d , , , ]

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article product was washed was product stirring continuous 12 for vigorously i dissolved 50 to 10 from isopropoxide aluminum method. SBA loaded Aluminum Catalysts preparation Experimental assessed acid Al of influence the as well as silica mesoporous 15 amounts variable products support the materials silica mesoporous fast SBA solid study, present the In denoted as Al denoted as and

pyr - acnd t 400 at calcined 15 catalysts. olysis

. mesoporous omril SBA Commercial [ . 21 n

, , 22

30 mL of n of mL 30

nacn i ti way this in enhancing ] /

towards LGO production LGO towards

SBA The aim The .

n tpcl procedure typical a In Issues related to stability under reaction conditions are also also are conditions reaction under stability to related Issues

h.

of

- 15 Then n the and

aluminum

repeatedly repeatedly ° (y) iia ee prepared, were silica fr 2 for C - of this work this of hexane (Merck, 99%) (Merck, hexane - Al(OC , , 5 aayt wr prep were catalysts 15

where 1 g of SBA of g 1 - 15 phosphoric of the of lry a sird for stirred was slurry

2 mesoporous h on the structure and catalytic performance performance catalytic and structure the on H

with “ 7 y n air in )

” 3 MCM

refers to the Si/Al is to evaluate the effect of the incorporation the of effect the evaluate to is ( - the n Aldrich, 15 - . Te Al The . te eie aon of amount desired the , hexane cd aayt bsd n aluminum on based catalysts acid It

-

was added was 41 bio is known is

type - silica characterized oil

98 and the resulting the and ,

- dried at room temperature for 24 for temperature room at dried containing yield % produces an increase in increase an produces rd y post by ared ( . The ). lrc, 99% Aldrich,

2 h. 12

that gradually to the to gradually

presence in presence molar and and

aluminum S

After LGO LGO /l oa ratios molar i/Al and tested in cellulose cellulose in tested and SBA ratio

solution was solution - ) - filtration . levels 5 catalysts 15

ytei grafting synthetic

h alkoxide the was grafted with with grafted was solid phosphoric phosphoric solid incorporation incorporation

solution under solution in t ,

acidity of of acidity pyrolysis pyrolysis he solid solid he of - grafted

stirred varied varied

SBA were was

to to of h -

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article Scientific In were between kV. magnifications 100 at operating equipment CXII obtained were images (TEM) microscopy electron Transmission method Quantachrome were areas surface Specific Shimadzu9000 atomic simultaneous M Characterization Al/SBA as and h 12 for treatment ultrasound an by followed concentration a of amount Al method S wavenumber range at a resolution of resolution a at range wavenumber olid tl otn ws eemnd y nutvl coupled inductively by determined was content etal frared spectra of the of spectra frared / SBA PO

dispersed inethanol asonicator. using p - - hosphoric x

15 15 / for the according to a procedure described in literature in described procedure a to according Al (y) / ioe i5 FT iS50 Nicolet SBA samples then

phosphoric acid phosphoric

and SBA n h sld (theoretical solid the in

analysis NOVA 1200e apparatus 1200e NOVA - 15

calcined at calcined a (y) cid or

-

catalysts were prepared were catalysts . 15 samples,respectively catalysts n PO and

SBA

10000x - -

5 ae support bare 15 500 °C for °C 500 R spectrometer IR aqueous solution aqueous x

measured /SBA were recorded at room at recorded were n 270000 and

during

emission - 4

15 for the phosphoric acid impregnated impregnated acid phosphoric the for 15 lmna phosphor elemental cm 2 h in ai in h 2 , using the using ,

- h suis ee are ot using out carried were studies The

1

3

y N by and by averaging over 64 over averaging by and

x h wrig in working , Pir o h aayi, h samples the analysis, the to Prior . were impregnated with the desired desired the with impregnated were spectrometer.

. The catalysts were catalysts The . in order to obtain to order in . r by

.

2 The SPA The

incipient wetness impregnation impregnation wetness incipient Brunauer dopin t 77 at adsorption . [ 15

temperature on a on temperature lsa (ICP plasma ]

Typically, 400 mg of the of mg 400Typically, catalysts catalysts s content us

- h 4000 the Emmett

a sn JO 100 JEOL using

13 dried at 80 °C °C 80 at dried were -

Teller (BET) Teller -

wt E) n a on AES) scans. The scans. – of K 400 %

denote wt 4 Thermo Thermo

with a a with H

3 cm PO %) - d 4 1 ,

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article h, was g) NH of desorption programmed total The ICP by determined the NaOH containing solution room into submerged then and a phosphoric F Al(NO experiments p scans. 8192and time, repetition s spectrometer. NMR) Solid thewholefrom infrared wafers supporting samples performed with a with performed acidit For atmosphere. inert same le 5 s eeiin ie and time, repetition s 55 ulse, e popoi acid phosphoric ree then purged for 0.5 h in helium helium in h 0.5 for purged then titrated H titrated - state 3

) a pcr wr rcre a recorded were spectra treated at 300 °C under °C 300 at treated

3(aq) queous

pcr wr otie b sbrcig h sml background sample the subtracting by obtained were spectra were were number

27 and H .

3 cids that was leached when the catalyst was catalyst the when leached was that cids Al PO C 27 pre

spectrum. of shifts hemical and and Al solution 4 10% NH 10%

- 3

respect to t to respect treated at 400 °C during 2 h in air before being before air in h 2 during °C 400 at treated - PO MAS NMR spectra were recorded using 1 μs excitation pulse, 1 1 pulse, excitation μs 1 using recorded were spectra NMR MAS f cd ie o te ape ws eemnd by determined was samples the of sites acid of (2 AES h ece hshrcais was acids phosphoric leached the 31

4(aq)

P wt percentage . .

ctls i KBr) in catalyst % magic angle spinning nuclear magnetic nuclear spinning angle magic

,

3 The term The respectively.

in he total content of phosphoric acid in the samples samples the in phosphoric acid of content total he He 3

( flow NH

stream - temperature room t flow and cooled down to room temperature in the the in temperature room to down cooled and flow 27 eprtr wtr o tn minutes ten for water temperature 31 maueet, dopin f moi was ammonia of adsorption measurements, y 0 scans. 40

a determined was 3 Al ing P “ - free free TPD

MAS NMR spectra were recorded using 5 μs μs 5 using recorded were spectra NMR MAS and and

10% H 10%

( 20 mL min mL 20 ) H . Prior to Prior . 3 31 PO n pae i a ape holder sample a in placed and wr externally were P

2 S /N 4 ” inn rt ws 0 H fr all for kHz 10 was rate pinning

2 refers to the to refers

gas gas the

− 1 y irto o te fraction the of titration by

flowrate)

analysis, t analysis, mixture then n a on

first ground first

titrate Bruker Avance 300 300 Avance Bruker mass percentage of of percentage mass (

for 1 h 1 for 30 mL min mL 30 eeecd o 1M to referenced

he sample (0.050 (0.050 sample he pressed into s into pressed eoac (MAS resonance ih 1×10 with d t ,

emperature

. powder into followed by by followed [ 23

spectrum spectrum ] − Filtered 1 ) .

for 1 for - 3 Net - elf

as as M of - -

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article The condenser was weighted before and after pyrolysis in order to determine the determine to order in pyrolysis after and before weighted was condenser The 150 cm b cooled condenser experiments. all for min 15 was where reached was temperature experiment desired the When resistance. of tube preheated catalyst cellulose reactor experiments pyrolysis Cellulose Reaction tests (TCD). NH evolved of amount The increased was a iud rdcs amount products liquid purge for 0.5 h in h 0.5 for purge

an appropriate amount of glass fiber glass of amount appropriate an

3 (see Figure 1) Figure (see /min 5 m 15

1 w% catalyst wt% (15 ( purchased from from purchased ecin eim Te eco cnitd f a of consisted reactor The medium. reaction s)

, flowrate internal m

the mixture of catalyst and cellulose wa cellulose and catalyst of mixture the from 30 to 700 °C at °C 700 to 30 from

y an ice bath ice an y

flowing . . In a In .

diameter which was heated externally by an electrical electrical an by externally heated was which diameter prod

Biopack usual

n h feedstock the in 3 helium (30 mL min mL (30 helium

was cd n h rato. B reaction. the in uced At the reactor outlet, reactor the At

were . N . pro ) measured

[Figure itrogen were cedure, 500 mg of mg 500 cedure, a rate of rate a

performed

mechanicall

was placed was

was used as an inert gas, supplied at at supplied gas, inert an as used was 1 )

]

sn teml odciiy detector conductivity thermal using 10 °C min °C 10 and − 1

). o a aoaoy scal laboratory a n Then, the Then,

subsequently the vapors were collected in a a in collected were vapors the s dropped into into dropped s y mixed with 75 mg of solid of mg 75 with mixed y

as high purity purity high − vertically arranged arranged vertically 1 io a

under helium gas flow. gas helium under - support. oil was diluted with with diluted was oil

sample temperature temperature sample

35 C o all for °C (325 supplied m

the glass tube glass the Reactiontime icrocrystalline fixed e o the to glass - bed bed

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article Chemical Resultsand discussion software. B with fitted were tests pyrolysis points data values, experimental the in trends identify clearly to total the to respect area peak of library. NIST the to according identified were peaks chromatographic The port. injection the into injected was Bio min). initially was oven GC 10 for (held °C 280 to ramp °C/min 10 The a by followed min, 5 for °C 65 at maintained program: temperature follow the with performed 35 m/z the within eV 70 at ionization electron under recorded were spectra Mass respectively. °C, 280 and °C 160 at maintained mL/min. 1.0 of a and 1:20 flowrate of ratio constant split a with gas, carrier a as used was Helium thickness). 0. m, 30 dimethyl)siloxane, diphenyl/95% poly(5% HP were an Analytes by spectrometer. separated mass quadrupole 5977 Agilent an to connected (GC 3 products a obtain to order in 99,8%) (Aldrich, acetonitrile - MS )

- .

oil was and d and was oil were compositionand properties textural The analys The

analyzed es were performed on an Agilent 7890B gas chromatograph gas 7890B Agilent an on performed were es - (gln) fused (Agilent) 5 issolved in 4.75 mL of acetonitrile prior to analysis and 1 µL 1 and analysis to prior acetonitrile of mL 4.75 in issolved

by a crmtgah culd to coupled chromatography gas LGO peak area% was area% peak LGO area of peaks in the mass chromatogram mass the in peaks of area - spline functions available in the data analysis analysis data the in available functions spline D - tco ad injector and etector silica capillary column (stationary phase phase (stationary column capillary silica

– 0 rne GC range. 400 calculated as the percentage the as calculated 25 mm i.d., 0.25 µm film film µm 0.25 i.d., mm 25 wt concentration % mass spectrometry spectrometry mass temperature – MS analysis was was analysis MS resulting from from resulting . L . In order In were were iquid This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article diameter ofabout3.5nm structure mesoporous sh are catalysts the of images TEM † * PO PO PO PO PO Al Al Al Al SBA Catalyst T withaccordance theexpected values phosphorus of load nominal procedure. was value cases, calc the of composition elemental The

able 1. Determined by ICP by Determined Not determined /SBA /SBA /SBA /SBA x x x x x /Al /Al /Al /Al /SBA - 15 idctn ta te lmnm de va the via added aluminum the that indicating , completely completely /SBA /SBA /SBA /SBA - - - -

the 15 15 15 15

Elemental composition and physicochemical properties of the the of samples. properties and physicochemical composition Elemental - 15 (50) (30) (20) (10) - - - - Si/

The catalysts of the of The catalysts 15 15 15 15

Al molar ratio molar Al (50) (30) (20) (10)

noprtd in incorporated - AES

consists Si/Al*

49 37 16 11 47 30 17 10 , as , ∞ ∞

determined

seen inFigure ,

PO of of P (wt%)* the o the to 4.6 4.7 4.9 5.1 4.8 symmetrical pores of cylindrical geometry cylindrical of pores symmetrical x - - - - - /Al/

[ measured .

Figure 2

own in in own

ined materials is materials ined SBA

by ICP by oi material solid Surface Surface (m -

area area 345 312 287 269 291 523 510 466 563 550 15 2 2 A. iue 2 Figure ] /g) -

series AES analysis AES

otn o ti element this of content

alkoxide Al

were prepared with the same same preparedwiththe were n.d. n.d. n.d. C . IV IV 15 39 37 30 30

- - presented in Table 1. 1. Table in presented (%)

meca SBA ommercial after after

27

Al MASNMR was near the nominal nominal the near was rcro Al(OC precursor Al the n.d. n.d. n.d. V 10 14 17 3 8 - - (%)

post

-

Al

synthesis - being 15 silica silica 15 n.d. n.d. n.d. VI VI 82 51 50 62 53 - - (%)

with a a with

2 all In H

7 in ) 3

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article ih Si with incorporated Al the mode cm 960 the that note to interesting cm Si the asymmetric cm 1070 at observed The FT The aluminumCharacterization surfacestructure, of andphosphorusspecies arrange remained unaltered specific the pyrolysis poi the from desirable the of structure the of distribution uniform nm. 9 approximately are pores The concentration of concentration

- 1

registered registered

ee srbd o edn vbain o te mentioned the of vibrations bending to ascribed were - [ /SBA 28 O - - H rus t groups; OH IR spectra of spectra IR , - . 29 Si Although ]

decreased - surface stretching of Si of stretching ymtia srthn md could mode stretching symmetrical 15 on

disposed (10) signals

the the silanol parent

the impregnation the area sample. mesoporous channels mesoporous

e ihr h aon o auiu add te oe the lower the added, aluminum of amount the higher he alu

iue 2 Figure t f iw f cesblt o t of accessibility of view of nt in - are 1

groups remaining at the surface the at remaining groups

in a hexagonal hexagonal a in

minum intensity with the additi the with intensity of the of ln wt a hudr t 20 cm 1200 at shoulder a with along SBA

- typical of a siliceous a of typical

O as eoie material deposited D - - Si bonds Si

C 5 support 15 seen inFig rn te post the uring - silica support (Table 1 (Table support silica modified SBA modified

shows - 1

with phosphoric acid phosphoric with ek orsodn t te Si the to corresponding peak . arrange [

24 that , ure 25

surface via surface ] fe auiu deposition aluminum after

S s - Al/

- ignal 15 catalysts catalysts 15 2 , with a center a with , ytei treatmen synthesis

on of aluminum to almost zero for zero almost to aluminum of on B and2D material. A very strong band was band strong very A material. be identified, while while identified, be

SBA and s

e ecat during reactants he - at 806 cm 806 at 15

), the ),

reaction of of reaction retained . (10) [ 30 .

produced a reduction in in reduction a produced , 31 are shown in F in shown are mesopores

] - sample to An analogous effect effect analogous An - 1 - ,

-

1 center dis center

bonds the mesoporous mesoporous the trbtd o the to attributed corresponding to to corresponding t, aluminum is is aluminum t, the - OH peak

presented a a presented Al alk Al , .

hexagonal [ 26 stretching stretching hc is which cellulose cellulose s , tance of tance 27 igure igure

t 455 at ]

oxide It

3 is is .

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article pce of species tetra the of proportion relative the by evidenced network silica the into atoms bond Si bulk to corresponding 4 (Al at signals three Solid Si hydr the minimizing by the mesoporousframework of hydrothermal stability silanol groups species phosphorus treatments groups observed. cen band the of intensity the in decrease a where with impregnation after occurred coordination sites octahedral at resides atoms ) The A). – VI OH groups OH groups , ethda (Al pentahedral ), - state

groups due to their interaction with H with interaction their to due groups decreas s o during post during

mspru silica mesoporous n . It Al [ lmnm In aluminum. 32 27 . is known the known is [ IV 35 , l A NR pcr o te Al the of spectra NMR MAS Al 33

by water molecules by water ]

] e

ek 5 ppm) (50 peak During - C . 3, 28 and 50 ppm attribut ppm 50 and 28 3, It is worth mentioning that the that mentioning worth is It onversely - are grafted grafted are synthesis Al V

ad tetrahedral and ) calcination, P calcination, 2

O ape cnann ol Al only containing samples

interaction between H between interaction 3

t , phase phase . e eaie mut o Al of amounts relative he

[ 30 treatment ] onto the onto

exhibited .

h suc The [ (65 ppm) (65 34 n zoie aeil af materials and phosphoric acid and subsequent calcination calcination subsequent and acid phosphoric [ ] Figure 3

– ,

O while –

Si bonds are formed by formed are bonds Si and a possible incorporation of aluminum aluminum of incorporation possible a and surf (Al

es f h gatn poes could process grafting the of cess ed

ceia sit ifrn from different shift chemical a suggesting IV 3 ] PO ace and ace

/SBA

) 20 to aluminum atoms with octahedral octahedral with atoms aluminum to -

3 coordinated reduction in the amount of surface of amount the in reduction coordination - 4 PO 30% are found in tetrahedral tetrahedral in found are 30%

leads to an improvement in the the in improvement an to leads - 5 aayt serie catalysts 15 4 2

ee at tered O and the surface isolated OH OH isolated surface the and the 3 both

hs, 70 phase, IV

concentration

n Al and

, and hexa and the formation of Al of formation the

r 960 960 setvl ( espectively ter ter dehydration Vl - cm post 80%

were not so so not were - s - coordinated 1

- presented presented

of Si of synthesis was f the of olysis of olysis of Figure ,

– thus thus also that

OH OH - be O Al -

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article trbtd o 6 to attributed nuclei treatm thermal zeolite of interaction strong coordination reduced t NMR the phosphorus, of addition the After domain a disordered highly a as aluminum of concentration the since pen of amounts significant hexa varie different presence of penta presence of he n

alumina domain alumina nest of intensity - d oriae aluminum coordinated spectrum evidence spectrum

s between erhdal coordinated, tetrahedrally .

.

framework for

hshrc acid Phosphoric atoms

h Al the s tate - ent

od c fold l peaks Al 30 to 40 to 30 with - .

[ coordinated aluminum

33 o form to /SBA . after after [ 36 H ] odntd lmnm A ek ek t pm ugss the suggests ppm 6 at peak weak A aluminum. oordinated

pentahedral coordination pentahedral 3 ] The

PO The shoulder at 65 at shoulder The i nterface connecting a silica or silica or silica a connecting nterface - % for % d the formation of Al of formation the d

5 samples 15 an bevd eoe mrgain ih H with impregnation before observed 4

e aymti sga a 3 ppm 36 at signal asymmetric new ta interacted with Al can even lead to the dealumination of dealumination the to lead even can Al with lmnm phosphate aluminum

Al impregnation with phosphoric acid and and acid phosphoric with impregnation ( - see coordinated V tetra

pce in species

while Table - coordinated aluminum and from 50 to 60 to 50 from and aluminum coordinated [ Figure 4

appearance hr the where wi

n inte an h lmnm species aluminum th . 1) [ 37 - Al . ] 70 ppm 70

ue alumina pure

- n h ohr hand other the On ] O supported

have - nse P bonds P s ocnrto o te Al the of concentration

. of new signals in the in signals new of It has been reported that the the that reported been has It

can been suggested to be present present be to suggested been signal

be att be h previous the (see

s ut limited quite is appear - alumina domain with with domain alumina Figure r

ibuted to the to ibuted eades f their of regardless 3 corresponds , the presence of of presence the , PO ed 4

a

4 was

A) at observation subsequent subsequent , whereas , 27 H -

. 9 ppm 19 strongly Al MAS MAS Al species [ - 35 ZSM

] % Al

to T 2 for O he - Al 5 3

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article lower increasing acid H acid phosphoric H free The Acidity coordinated Alspecies the coordinated tetrahedrally is phosphorus of shell coordination shoulder The species. four to bonded atoms phosphorus to assigned be phosphate aluminum to attributed o support sample substrate modified not is acid phosphoric of nature [PO acid phosphoric sharp A hyd rthophosphates 3 PO oye ad hs a be can thus and rolyzed 4 27 s ] 3 4 l A NMR MAS Al - condensation condensation

in the catalyst catalyst the in amount , there is there , characterization characterization groups similar to those present in ortho in present those to similar groups

verified signal at signal . [ 38 condensation ]

3 According to the to According PO

provides an indicationthe provides of

by the dr the by

- 4

an evident an mrgae slc, PO silica, impregnated ece fo te aayt hn umre i water in submerged when catalyst the from leached

- and 0.6 ppm cou ppm 0.6 eemnto ivle te quantification the involves determination

degree pcr of spectra

were h appearance the at

- i.e., astic reduction of the signal at signal the of reduction astic degrees - 8 pp 28

; namely, ; interaction between phosphoric acid and acid phosphoric between interaction

detected ortho 31 l PO d be identified be d titrated P MAS NMR spectrum of the PO the of spectrum NMR MAS P idcts ht at f alumin of part that indicates m s - .

- x [ 37 pyro , /Al fe te acnto process calcination the after

, . 39 ortho

/SBA

. [ ] 23

The of ] x

/SBA -

- tri ,

hs metho This -

condensation a hn mrgae on impregnated when 15 and pyro and p

hos phosphoric phosphoric (10) ra band broad i - - n the n

15, n plpopoi ais with acids, polyphosphoric and phorus signal at ca. at signal phorus - ,

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samples. Percent amount of leached H leached of amount Percent 3

PO the x x x x x /Al/SBA /Al/SBA /Al/SBA /Al/SBA /SBA - 15 4 /SBA

Sample

acidity hshrc cd mut ht a nt interacted not has that amount acid phosphoric - - - percentage ed ed

15 15 15 Acidic properties of the Al the of properties Acidic -

15 (30) (20) (10) H titratable - - - - - 15 catalysts when compared to the bare SBA bare the to compared when catalysts 15

15 15 15 15 3 e wt icesn A content. Al increasing with ses

PO

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(50) (30) (20) (10) f h sld ws determined was solids the of 4 . [

40

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In the present study, present the In 3 PO H he 3 experiments. The amount of desorbed of amount The experiments. PO

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t

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/SBA 4 7.2 6.8 2.6 0.7 5.0 3

PO - - - - respect to the total co the to total respect

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H x ht h aon o fe phosphoric free of amount the that s rsl a result a as /Al 3 PO through /SBA

producing 4 ntent of phosphoric acid acid in the phosphoric ntent of (mmol

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15 support (see Table 2). 2). Table (see support 15

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a modification a ytei treatme synthesis NH

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nt - This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article ute frain f lcprns ad te products detected other and glucopyranose of formation further oligosaccharides The aluminu Material. percentage ( carbaldehyde (l hex main The pyrolysis fast cellulose in tested were catalysts The Reaction tests POx/SBA in i acid Phosphoric in increase an produces shown inFigure evoglucosan, evoglucosan, total -

3 Al - is sae in stage first enopyranose /SBA

m and phosphorus. m

acidity - ecin rdcs a p a products, reaction iue 5 Figure 15 volatile - n eetbe iud products liquid detectable in

5 catalysts 15 sample

f T . urfural

6 , followed by the cleavage of the of cleavage the by followed , LG mpregnation of mpregnation .

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which ca ) ls ( ulose . 1,4:3,6

cellulose cellulose A detailed list of the identified compounds as well as their their as well as compounds identified the of list detailed A

series

oa in chromathograms ion total products cdt o SBA of acidity - l n evoglucosenone amount of desorbed ammonia was observed observed was ammonia desorbed of amount d ianhydro mainly

ossible untreated n the and at pyrolysis fast [Figure [Figure

were be attributed to be attributed

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- ; x 5 eooos silica mesoporous 15 - /Al - 15 sample sample 15 anhydro LGO) o lvguoeoe production. levoglucosenone for /SBA β is the depolymerization to to depolymerization the is - 1,4

f samples of Br , - 15 - - glycosidic bonds and the the and bonds glycosidic ø 1,6 3,4 nsted acidsites . also oi popoi a phosphoric solid [ 46 - - a dideoxy ]

nhydro

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to an increase increase an to modified - - β β . - - [ 30 D D - , - . 41 glycero f [ glucose 45 uran , 42 ]

, 43 with with cid cid - for , 44 2 - - ]

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article Si have not does area% peak DGP l o production T sites acid of behaving catalyz formation deposition t dehyd and depolymerization hydrolytic of catalysis via proceeds with content aluminum 15 (mainly anhydro of formation D the of decomposition and dehydration The observed is Al of amount evoglucosenone he higher amount of acidic sites generated sites acidic of amount higher he e lgt nrae in increase slight he /Al aayt, Figure catalysts,

decreasing ais t o auiu cnet ad rsns h opst ted hn the when trend opposite the presents and contents aluminum low at ratios d ells pyrolysis cellulose ed furfural) proportion

also at the expense of LG of expensethe at n cd c acid in promote after Al deposition Al after LO gvn that given LGO, f as , respectively. , high Si under acidicunder environment a precursor

atalyzed pyrolysis reactions pyrolysis atalyzed /Al increased increases s

The . 7

h dhdain reactions dehydration the mono ratio shows furfural furfural . oe of role

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charides promote [ This 46 evoglucosenone

amount can can amount a definite a , 48 such

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6

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excluding . also [ /Al , 49 - of

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hence has been proposed for proposed been has

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levoglucosenone akdy as markedly ua has sugar

ad furans and ) concentration concentration b pyrolysis of of pyrolysis the y aluminum y enhanced Al /SBA

been been DGP DGP acid

the the , [ 47 - - - ]

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article hshrc cd s peeust fr h ctltc activity catalytic the for prerequisite a is acid phosphoric hydration ethylene as such acids by increase observed be and products liquid H acid phosphoric content aluminum higher a with samples strongly de ratio seems phenomenon t behavior opposite an impregnated Concerning ( the Finally, DGP acids, of the decomposition is also D of dehydration the from DGP of ring anhydo activity of the phosphoric acid impregnated impregnated acid phosphoric the of activity Figure 3 PO 4 ).

creases on the SPA catalysts SPA the on creases 8

s The influence influence The ) interacts with phosphoric phosphoric with interacts

because of as

higher catalysts the the free the atclry n h frt case first the in particularly ; i.e. reaction

lmnm otn pr content aluminum bio

to be related to the decrease in decrease the to related be to ,

, a phosphoric acid phosphoric hshrc acid phosphoric - n Figure oil yield oil of ta observed that o

enhanced

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the whe titratable of amount lower a is there 8 7

depolymerization ] ] ). h Al the

zinc oxide/titania, tin oxide/titania, oxide/titania, tin oxide/titania, zinc increases proportion As previously described, aluminum aluminum described, previously As re 3 when when PO

- lcprns i ctlzd by catalyzed is glucopyranose levoglucosenone levoglucosenone / free H free 4 SBA

on 10 umre i water in submerged .

- .

. 5 samples 15 [ the exhibits product each of

38 For 3 A clear correlation can correlation clear A PO ]

. The decrease in the the in decrease The

LGO LGO reactions catalyzed reactions 4

levels hshrc acid phosphoric

percentage area . bio as the the as h latter The - oil percent

( Si yield free free free

/Al /Al in -

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article n o te ufc o te aayt oen te composition the especially theLG/ governs catalyst the of surface the on and of concentration The products. of increased amounts variable with pretreated acid cellulose phosphoric of pyrolysis the in observed inhibited is LG levoglucosan of dehydration decreases, pyrolysis for available Al in observed levels levoglucosenone Al the of consequence POx by presented the a to leads which phosphates, aluminum of these of proportion smaller a is there products liquid of proportion as well as LGO of production the species those of amount the to has not species that phosphoric carriers acid niobic and zirconia

ecin rdcs distribution products reaction ,

there was a higher proportion of LGO LGO of proportion higher a was there acid amount . [ 10 n toe supports those and LGO anhydro ] /Al

As the concentration of phosphoric acid in the biomass was was biomass the in acid phosphoric of concentration the As interacted /SBA

n bio in - H 3 - PO 5 ape cmae wt POx/SBA with compared samples 15 .

As the amount of Al is increased is Al of amount the As - 4

oil increases. An analogous behavior has been been has behavior analogous An increases. oil

withaluminum saccharides – neato ad s h mi rao fr h lower the for reason main the is and interaction H

the cellulose depolymerization to obtain a great a obtain to depolymerization cellulose the

catalyz 3 was explained by the the by explained was PO se Figures (see [Figure [Figure . phosphor

4 -

ee te eut sget ht phosphorus that suggest results the Here, modified SPAs. modified oh n h cluoe ro t te pyrolysis the to prior cellulose the in both e

the dehydration reactions that increase increase that reactions dehydration the

lower 10 ratio – ] ic acid ic

assum . 8

bio

compared and and - oil

ing free that H species due to the formation the to due species

When the amount of amount the When

9 yield and a modification in in modification a and yield ) neatos ewe t between interactions .

h lwr oa acidity total lower The

to LG in the reaction reaction the in LG to in the SPA catalysts, catalysts, SPA the in f h products, the of - 15 catalyst is a a is catalyst 15 3 PO ; 4

therefore is related H 3 PO he er 4 ,

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article was necessary run. pyrolysis successive after eliminated atmosphere catalyst stages regeneration intermediate with interest considering PO bio of production and products volatile cat the of stability the determine to order In Stability tests differentrelativeof aluminum amounts species Al of spectra NMR H non their to perfo better a presented catalysts acid bio to 50% acid phosphoric I cn be can t x /SBA decr - oil .

The sample was subjected to five cons five to subjected was sample The - respect to that of of that to respect and ease 5 aayt ee performed were catalyst 15 oe that noted . In . the

3

carbon carbon

PO (see Table 1) Table (see to compensateto forlosses the regeneration the ueir aayi promne oad te anhydrosaccharide the towards performance catalytic superior a was not a determining factor determining a not was 4 2h treatment, and the recovered catalyst was used again in a a in again used was catalyst recovered the and treatment, 2h /SBA - impregnated counterparts. impregnated

mixture t e os f specific of loss he - 15 catalysts, it wasn´t found wasn´t it catalysts, 15

Al A

, the PO the , /SBA fresh fresh eann in remaining

step - 15 samples. make [Figure [Figure x , the carbonaceous residues were completely were residues carbonaceous the , /Al .

, rmance in LGO production LGO in rmance

PO - - /

hc consisted which oil SBA up catalyst addition of 20% at each stage each at 20% of addition catalyst up during the recovery procedure during recovery the x , /SBA

11 alyst in terms of the of terms in alyst series a surface

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15

for bio for

]

the reactor reactor the and selectivity the towardsLGO. Finally,

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- was ra fe th after area oil formation oil f es eprmns f the of experiments reuse of any correlation between the the between correlation any when considering when

selected for the analysis analysis the for selected n h calcination the in presented a presented t 5 ° 450 at

LGO levels in the the in levels LGO . Despite the Despite . when compared compared when dpsto of deposition e C . higher higher

Figure under air air under 27 Al MAS MAS Al of the the of yield

40 11

of - )

This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article The hexagonal in tested and prepared catalysts acid phosphoric Solid Conclusion by an former the r a by explained be increasing the by presented distribution species acid phosphoric titratable Free PO run reaction consecutive tests. the of course the in decrease slight last the progressive a tests, the during can It f bio of x / acidity SBA

H

- interaction i yed and yield oil e bevd ht lhuh the although that observed be 3 PO experiment - phosph 15 sample 15

case mesoporous interaction of Al wit Al of interaction 4 induced by the Al deposition on the silica support produced an increase increase an produced support silica the on depositionAl the by induced uig h saiiy et f PO of test stability the during s

esrmns fe te last the after measurements

,

oric acid amount acid oric by of phosphoricacidof PO

. leaching dcini teaalblt o ratv popou species phosphorus reactive of availability the in eduction

levoglucosenone levoglucosenone (4 wt The x /Al fast fast

structure afterAl

with low condensation degree condensation low with / indicated indicated SBA % for thesample% fresh wt% and3 il t bio to yield pyrolysis of cellulose. of pyrolysis of - h 15 the low condensed condensed low the decrease was observed observed was decrease the deposited phosphoric acid phosphoric deposited the

,

catalysts thus indicating that the catalyst the that indicating thus bas c with a. -

oil d on ed fraction 25% percentage

- aluminum of the aluminum grafting andphosphoricacid treatments. showed x /SBA

experiment decrease t increasing at T e elemental he

Al in pyrolysis products. products. pyrolysis in - - 15 grafted grafted

The SBA The smlr eair presenting behavior, similar a

H of hwd similarities showed 3

PO in the in LGO maintained high high maintained LGO .

showed The trends The

4 - support. mesoporous

about 15% about species and in the latter the in and species aluminum aluminum - 15 support retained the retained support 15 for thespentcatalyst) phosphorus analysis . The .

80% reduction in in reduction 80%

loses mainly the the mainly loses

in the in

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silica results results with with content

products products s; levels levels those those were

fifth fifth can i.e., in ;

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This articleisprotected bycopyright.Allrightsreserved. Accepted Article yTécnicasInvestigaciones Científicas for thefinancial (CONICET) support. thank authors The Acknowledgements reaction products. the in fraction LGO the of reduction and deactivation progressive but slight a to led pyrolysis tests pres catalyst anhydrosaccharide. area was towards reactions dehydration has which acid phosphoric of fraction the the a of expense to phosphate aluminum of interacted in observed been either decrease area surface References a L % lower GO observed

in in the mass chromatogram mass the in

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with the Al the with amount of amount

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ented the best performance and performance best the ented i production oil . eeirto in deterioration

However, the leachingHowever, of in

the

h H the n em o LO production, LGO of terms In

Univ - free H free

containing and the amount of free H free of amount the and GC s after after .

The presence of Al on Al of presence The ria Ncoa dl u and Sur del Nacional ersidad - 3

S detectable MS PO or 3 the addition of phosphoric acid phosphoric of addition the PO

in catalytic performance. catalytic 4 levoglucosenone - 4 mrgae samples impregnated

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which is desirable for desirable is which G levels LGO ,

the easily leachable phosphoric acid, phosphoric leachable easily the phosphoric acid phosphoric ,

not interact not yoyi pout ( products pyrolysis which was which

reasonable stability after successive after stability reasonable . 3

; solid phosphoric acid catalysts acid phosphoric solid PO Relatively high Relatively

h highe the Al 4

was observed, was

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