Development of heterostructured tin oxide nanocatalysts for the synthesis of bio-based maleic acid
| dc.contributor.advisor | Makgwane, Peter R. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Malibo, Petrus Molaoa | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-09-08T10:10:03Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-05-13T12:40:29Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-09-08T10:10:03Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-05-13T12:40:29Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
| dc.description | Philosophiae Doctor - PhD | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | Maleic acid (MA) is a key intermediate for the synthesis of polyester resins, surface coatings, lubricant additives, plasticizers, copolymers, pharmaceuticals and agricultural chemicals. The current industrial production of MA is an energy-intensive gas-phase oxidation process of n-butane. The dwindling fossil resources and environmental issues have brought about a worldwide paradigm shift from fossil feedstocks to biomass resources for the sustainable production of fuel and chemicals. Furfural (FFR) and 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) are excellent biomass-derived platform chemicals, which present an alternative route for the production of renewable bio-based MA. There has been considerable success achieved in the oxidation of furfural and HMF to maleic acid and maleic anhydride with different catalysts in recent years. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/14695 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.rights.holder | University of Western Cape | en_US |
| dc.subject | Oxidation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Maleic acid | en_US |
| dc.subject | Biomass | en_US |
| dc.subject | Lubricant | en_US |
| dc.subject | Gas oxidations | en_US |
| dc.title | Development of heterostructured tin oxide nanocatalysts for the synthesis of bio-based maleic acid | en_US |