Songo, Morongwa MMoutloali, RRay, Suprakas S2019-08-262019-08-262019-01Songo, M.M., Moutloali, R., and Ray, S.S. 2019. Development of TiO2-Carbon Composite Acid Catalyst for Dehydration of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural. Catalystis, Vol.9(2), 126.2073-4344https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4344/9/2/126https://doi.org/10.3390/catal9020126http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11105Copyright: 2019 MDPI. This work is licensed and attributed by the Creative Commons.A TiO2-Carbon (TiO2C) composite was prepared using the microwave-assisted method and sulfonated using fuming sulfuric acid to produce a TiO2C solid acid catalyst. The prepared solid acid catalyst was characterised using scanning electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Crystallinity analysis confirmed that TiO2C has an anatase structure, while analysis of its morphology showed a combination of spheres and particles with a diameter of 50 nm. The TiO2C solid acid catalyst was tested for use in the catalytic dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF). The effect of reaction time, reaction temperature, catalyst dosage, and solvent were investigated against the 5-HMF yield. The 5-HMF yield was found to be 90% under optimum conditions. The solid acid catalyst is very stable and can be reused for four catalytic cycles. Hence, the material has great potential for use in industrial applications and can be used for the direct conversion of fructose to 5-HMF because of its high activity and high reusabilityenTiO2C compositeAcid catalystsDehydrationFructose5-HydroxymethylfurfuralArticleSongo, M. M., Moutloali, R., & Ray, S. S. (2019). Development of TiO2-Carbon Composite Acid Catalyst for Dehydration of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11105Songo, Morongwa M, R Moutloali, and Suprakas S Ray "Development of TiO2-Carbon Composite Acid Catalyst for Dehydration of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural." (2019) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11105Songo MM, Moutloali R, Ray SS. Development of TiO2-Carbon Composite Acid Catalyst for Dehydration of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural. 2019; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11105.TY - Article AU - Songo, Morongwa M AU - Moutloali, R AU - Ray, Suprakas S AB - A TiO2-Carbon (TiO2C) composite was prepared using the microwave-assisted method and sulfonated using fuming sulfuric acid to produce a TiO2C solid acid catalyst. The prepared solid acid catalyst was characterised using scanning electron microscopy, Brunauer-Emmett-Teller analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Crystallinity analysis confirmed that TiO2C has an anatase structure, while analysis of its morphology showed a combination of spheres and particles with a diameter of 50 nm. The TiO2C solid acid catalyst was tested for use in the catalytic dehydration of fructose to 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF). The effect of reaction time, reaction temperature, catalyst dosage, and solvent were investigated against the 5-HMF yield. The 5-HMF yield was found to be 90% under optimum conditions. The solid acid catalyst is very stable and can be reused for four catalytic cycles. Hence, the material has great potential for use in industrial applications and can be used for the direct conversion of fructose to 5-HMF because of its high activity and high reusability DA - 2019-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - TiO2C composite KW - Acid catalysts KW - Dehydration KW - Fructose KW - 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2019 SM - 2073-4344 T1 - Development of TiO2-Carbon Composite Acid Catalyst for Dehydration of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural TI - Development of TiO2-Carbon Composite Acid Catalyst for Dehydration of Fructose to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/11105 ER -