Conversion of xylose into furfural in a MOF-based mixed matrixmembrane reactor

Conversion of xylose into furfural in a MOF-based mixed matrixmembrane reactorConversionofxyloseintofurfuralinaMOF-basedmixedmatrixmembranereactorHuaJina,b,XinleiLiuc,YujieBana,b,YuanPenga,b,WenmeiJiaoa,b,PoWanga,b,AngGuoa,b,YanshuoLia,⇑,WeishenYanga,⇑aStateKeyLaboratoryofCatalysis,DalianInstituteofChemicalPhysics,ChineseAcademyofSciences,Dalian116023,ChinabUniversityofChineseAcademyofSciences,Beijing100049,ChinacDepartmentofChemicalEngineering,ImperialCollegeLondon,LondonSW72AZ,UnitedKingdomhighlights�AnovelZn2(bim)4-PMPSmembraneforfurfuralrecoverywasprepared.�Themembranedemonstratedhighvaporpermeationperformance.�In-situremovaloffurfuralbythemembraneincreasedthefurfuralyieldgreatly.�StronginteractionoflayeredZn2(bim)4andPMPSmatrixwasfound.graphicalabstractarticleinfoArticlehistory:Availableonline14November2015Keywords:FurfuralXyloseMixedmatrixmembraneVaporpermeationMembranereactorabstractFurfuralisregardedasanimportantplatformchemicalwithawiderangeofapplications.Becauseofthelowconcen