Interfacial Ru/RuOx heterostructures on carbon support regulate selectivity in lignin hydrodeoxygenation
interfacial sites lowers the energy barriers for hydrogenation and deoxygenation reactions, enabling a cooperative reaction pathway. These insights elucidate the molecular basis of tunable selectivity in lignin HDO and demonstrate that a polarized, oxygen-decorated metal-support interface provides general design principles for engineering next-generation catalysts for sustainable fuel production.
Authors
- De Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5609-5825)
- Hao Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9650-7057)
- Hongfei Ma
- Wenjing Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2519-471X)
- Tian Ouyang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4580-3515)
- Chen Chen
- Yi Cui
- Guoyan Ma
- Qixian Wang
- Hao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2300-1404)
Institutions
- Hunan University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Xi'an Shiyou University (CN)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CN)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NO)
- Nanjing University of Science and Technology (CN)
- Soochow University (CN)
- Suzhou Institute of Nano-tech and Nano-bionics (CN)
- Nano Carbon (Poland) (PL)
- Ocean University of China (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-04-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71394-z
- Primary Topic
- Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- European Commission
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Aalto-Yliopisto
- Education Department of Shaanxi Province
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities