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Efficient and simple synthesis of B2O3-Al2O3 nanocomposites assisted by deep eutectic solvent for production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose

Yuchen Wang1,2Kai Rong1 ( )Shanlei Chang1,3Youxing Fang1Shaojun Dong1,2 ( )
State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
School of Applied Chemistry and Engineering, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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The B2O3-Al2O3 nanocomposites, possessing a mesoporous three-dimensional hierarchical structure, were synthesized through an efficient and straightforward method involving the direct calcination of a glucose-urea deep eutectic solvent containing the necessary precursors. The prepared B2O3-Al2O3 bifunctional acid catalysts endowed with abundant Lewis acid sites and adjustable Brønsted acid sites show promising catalytic performance for production 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose.

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The catalytic conversion of glucose to high value-added platform chemical 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) is a promising biorefinery process, and alumina-boria catalysts are considered to be green and mild solid acid catalysts for this catalytic reaction. Here, compared to the common synthesis methods with complicated steps, we reported a simple and efficient strategy to prepare B2O3-Al2O3 nanocomposites by calcining cost-effective glucose-urea deep eutectic solvent (DES) solution containing the precursors. The prepared B2O3-Al2O3 nanocomposites exhibited an open three-dimensional skeleton and two-dimensional porous lamellar substructure, endowing them with a high specific surface area (228.27 m2/g). The introduction of boron changed the ratios of different aluminum species (Al, Al, and Al) and borate species (BO3 and BO4), thus further affecting the acidity and the types of acid sites of the materials. The prepared B2O3-Al2O3 bifunctional acid catalysts possessing abundant Lewis acid sites and adjustable Brønsted acid sites showed complete glucose conversion and 55.38% of HMF yield under the optimum conditions. Our study proposed a concise method to synthesize alumina-boria solid acid catalysts assisted by glucose-urea DES. We hope to extend the application and prospect of this efficient and simple synthesis strategy.

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Wang Y, Rong K, Chang S, et al. Efficient and simple synthesis of B2O3-Al2O3 nanocomposites assisted by deep eutectic solvent for production of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural from glucose. Nano Research, 2025, 18(1): 94907060. https://doi.org/10.26599/NR.2025.94907060

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