Thermally treated polyvinyl chloride (PVC)-derived highly microporous carbon support: applications in hydrotreating catalysis

Key Points

• This research aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a new microporous carbon support derived from thermally treated PVC in catalysis.
• KOH treatment of thermally degraded PVC residues
• Characterization of carbon support with BET surface area measurement
• Application of Ru catalysts on the carbon support for guaiacol hydrodeoxygenation
• The carbon support achieved a BET surface area of 3273 m²/g.
• Ru catalysts demonstrated high activity in guaiacol hydrodeoxygenation.
• The carbon support shows promise for future catalytic applications.