Use of microwaves and ultrasounds for the preparation of catalytic materials.
- ► Synthesis of mesoporous smectites (hectorites, saponites).
- ► Preparation of hydrotalcites and hydrocalumites.
- ► Functionalization of zeolites.
- ► Synthesis and functionalization of ordered mesoporous materials.
- ► Preparation of novel carbons from biomass fractions.
Environmental and Industrial Catalytic Applications
- ► Catalytic revalorization of glycerine to obtain dioxane/dioxalane mixtures and di- and tri-ethers of glycerol (h-GTBE) (biofuel additives).
- ► Catalytic valorization of lignocellulosic biomass wastes to obtain: 5-EMFA and 2,5-BEMF (biofuel additives), arenes/cycloalkanes mixtures (liquid biofuels), levulinic acid (bioplastic) tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (solvent) and asphalts (from lignin fractions).
Latest publicatinos
- Acid-Modified Clays for the Catalytic Obtention of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural from Glucose, ChemEngineering 2022, 6(4), 57
- Use of biobased crude glycerol, obtained biocatalytically, to obtain biofuel additives by catalytic acetalization of furfural using SAPO catalysts, Fuel 319 (2022) 123803.
- Cu boosting the collaborative effect of Ni and H+ in alloyed NiCu/saponite catalysts for hydrogenolysis of glycidol. Dalton Transactions 50(26) (2021) 9198-9207.
- Raw glycerol re-valuing through etherification with isobutylene: process design and techno-economical assessment. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry 94 (2021) 159-165.
- Catalytic hydrogenation of furfural to tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol using competitive nickel catalysts supported on mesoporous clays. Applied Catalysis A: General 611 (2021) 117903.