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English:Hydrolysis of Cellulose by Amorphous Carbon Bearing SO3H,COOH, and OH Groups 
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Japanese: 菅沼学史, 中島清隆, 北野政明, 山口 大造, 加藤英樹, 林 繁信, 原亨和.  
English: Satoshi Suganuma, Kiyotaka Nakajima, Masaaki Kitano, Daizo Yamaguchi, Hideki Kato, Shigenobu Hayashi, MICHIKAZU HARA.  
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Journal/Book name
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English:Journal of the American Chemical Society 
Volume, Number, Page Vol. 130        pp. 12787-12793
Published date Aug. 2008 
Publisher
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English:American Chemical Society 
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Abstract The hydrolysis of cellulose into saccharides using a range of solid catalysts is investigated for potential application in the environmentally benign saccharification of cellulose. Crystalline pure cellulose is not hydrolyzed by conventional strong solid Brønsted acid catalysts such as niobic acid, H-mordenite, Nafion and Amberlyst-15, whereas amorphous carbon bearing SO3H, COOH, and OH function as an efficient catalyst for the reaction. The apparent activation energy for the hydrolysis of cellulose into glucose using the carbon catalyst is estimated to be 110 kJ mol-1, smaller than that for sulfuric acid under optimal conditions (170 kJ mol-1). The carbon catalyst can be readily separated from the saccharide solution after reaction for reuse in the reaction without loss of activity. The catalytic performance of the carbon catalyst is attributed to the ability of the material to adsorb beta-1,4 glucan, which does not adsorb to other solid acids.

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