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, DMF, DMTHF (liquid biofuels), levulinic acid (bioplastic), muconic acid and adipic acid (biopolymer precursors), tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol (solvent) and asphalts (from lignin fractions).
Latest publicatinos
- Tuning the acid-base properties of layered double hydroxides for the selective obtention of cyclohexane and cyclohexanol in the hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol, Chemical Engineering Journal, 2025
- Selective production of levulinic acid from furfuryl alcohol over acid-modified zeolite catalysts, Applied Catalysis A-General, 2025
- Catalytic potential of green ordered mesoporous carbons, obtained from biomass-derived xylose, glucose, and lignin, 2024
- Effect of Acid Properties of Fluorinated Beta and ZSM-5 Zeolites Used as Supports of Ni Catalysts for the Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Guaiacol, Catalysts 2024, 14(9),586
- 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.