A High-Performance, Low-Tortuosity Wood-Carbon Monolith Reactor

Yangang Wang; Guanwu Sun; Jiaqi Dai; Guang Chen; Joe Morgenstern; Yanbin Wang; Shifei Kang; Mingwei Zhu; Siddhartha Das; Lifeng Cui; Liangbing Hu

doi:10.1002/adma.201604257

A High-Performance, Low-Tortuosity Wood-Carbon Monolith Reactor

Adv Mater. 2017 Jan;29(2). doi: 10.1002/adma.201604257. Epub 2016 Nov 7.

Authors

Yangang Wang^{1

2}, Guanwu Sun¹, Jiaqi Dai², Guang Chen³, Joe Morgenstern², Yanbin Wang², Shifei Kang¹, Mingwei Zhu², Siddhartha Das³, Lifeng Cui¹, Liangbing Hu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200093, China.
² Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, 20742, USA.

PMID: 28066988
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201604257

Abstract

A highly efficient 3D wood-derived carbon monolith reactor with a low tortuosity is demonstrated for high-temperature reaction applications, using catalytic steam reforming of biomass tar as the model system. Outstanding catalytic activity is achieved as the reactant gases flow through this 3D natural wood-derived catalyst, where over 99% toluene conversion and good stability at 700 °C are observed.

Keywords: 3D flow-through reactors; low tortuosity; steam reforming; wood-carbon monolith.