Liying An

“Honeycomb catalytic strategy” for carbonylation reaction based on the structural evolution of cobalt species For catalytic carbonylation reactions, the high-cost catalyst recovery process is a huge challenge in industrial applications. Herein, the “honeycomb catalytic strategy” based on the structural evolution of supported cobalt catalysts successfully implements a facile and efficient catalyst recovery in the methoxycarbonylation of propylene oxide.

The synthesis of carbonaceous CO adsorbents doped with nitrogen were carried out via a hydrothermal reaction of biomass d-glucose, followed by urea treatment and K CO activation. These carbons display high uptake of CO at 1 bar and 25 and 0 °C, up to 3.92 and 6.23 mmol g–1, respectively. Additionally, the as-synthesized materials exhibit superior reusability, high CO /N selectivity, fast CO adsorption kinetics, and excellent dynamic capture capacity at the experimental conditions used.