Chemistry Letters, Vol.41, No.11, 1453-1455, 2012
Supercritical Water Gasification of Organosolv Lignin over a Graphite-supported Ruthenium Metal Catalyst
A graphite-supported ruthenium metal catalyst was highly active for catalytic gasification of organosolv lignin in supercritical water at 673 K because of the easy accessibility of the reaction intermediates to ruthenium metal sites on the graphite surface, compared to a charcoal-supported ruthenium metal catalyst.