Photo splitting of bio-polyols and sugars to methanol and syngas

Methanol and syngas are important fuels and chemicals, which are presently produced from fossil resources. Here, the authors report the conversion of biomass-derived polyols and sugars into methanol and syngas via UV light irradiation under room temperature.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Min Wang, Meijiang Liu, Jianmin Lu, Feng Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14915-8