Commercial Development of Starbon Technologies for Catalysis

约克大学绿色化学卓越中心的后续奖项的目标是：1）优化膨胀多糖的生产，随后将其转化为用于发酵液催化剂的改性Starbon 2）根据约克研究将化学品生产规模扩大到更大规模3）研究Starbon催化的发酵液反应4）确定最佳市场机会5）与潜在客户联络研究目标将通过以下方式实现：第1阶段：研究和优化Starbon制备过程：这将包括优化多糖膨胀过程（胶凝、凝沉、溶剂交换和干燥）、Starbon化（包括加热速率、所用催化剂及其浓度）和Starbon改性（包括酸改性和金属纳米颗粒形成）。将强调根据代表绿色化学卓越中心进行的市场调查确定最佳市场机会。第2阶段：Starbon放大并用于发酵液的催化转化：这包括制备更大量的Starbon和改性Starbon。除了材料表征（孔隙率测定、FTIR、SEM和TEM分析），还将开发简单快速的应用测试，如吸附研究，以确保产品的质量控制。这些材料将用作催化剂，用于将发酵液产物（酯化、氢化和氧化反应）转化为平台分子。与潜在买家联络，以使该产品商业化。本论文将制备一类新型的介孔碳质材料，即Intellectual MeritStarbons，该材料的制备不需要使用从天然多糖中获得的模板剂。优化的Starbon制备方法将为降低生产成本和扩大该产品的商业化过程提供一条途径。该研究为介孔碳材料在催化领域的应用提供了一条环境友好、高效（不需要模板剂）、无毒、低成本的途径。这将通过使用约克的材料化学和新型多糖科学的专业知识，并利用BioAmber，雅典农业大学，帕特雷大学和曼彻斯特大学佐竹谷物加工中心的发酵液来实现。利用废多糖既可以利用这种不需要的资源，又可以降低生产成本。2.将发酵液中的分子转化为高价值平台分子的催化工艺的开发将有利于约克大学，也将为能源、生物化学研究和工业部门增加额外的价值。材料界将受益于对天然产品的进一步研究，特别是生物质材料用于更高的技术应用。

The goals of the this Follow-on award at the Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence at the University of York are:1) Optimisation of the production of expanded polysaccharides, their subsequent conversion to modified Starbons for catalysts of fermentation broths2) Scaling up of chemical manufacture to larger scale in light of York research3) Investigation of Starbon catalysed reactions of fermentation broths4) Identify best market opportunities5) Liaise with potential customersThe research objectives will be attained by following:Phase 1: Investigation and optimisation of the process of Starbon preparation: This will include optimisation of the polysaccharide expansion process (gelatinisation, retrogradation, solvent exchanging and drying), starbonisation (including rate of heating, catalysts used and their concentration) and Starbon modification (including acid modification and metal nano particle formation). The Identification of best market opportunities, based on a market survey conducted on behalf of Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, will be highlighted.Phase 2: Starbon scale up and use in catalytic transformations of fermentation broths: this includes the preparation of larger amounts of Starbons and modified Starbons. As well as material characterisation (porosimetry, FTIR, SEM and TEM analysis), simple and rapid application tests such as adsorption studies will be developed to ensure quality control of the product. These materials will be utilised as catalysts for the conversion of fermentation broth products (esterification, hydrogenation and oxidation reactions) to platform molecules. Liaise with prospective buyers for the commercialisation of this product. Intellectual MeritStarbons, a novel class of mesoporous carbonaceous materials, prepared without the use of templating agent obtained from native polysaccharides will be produced. The optimised Starbon preparation method will provide a route to reduce production costs and scale up the process for the commercialisation of this product. This research provides environmentally benign, efficient (no template required), non toxic and low cost route to applications of mesoporous carbonaceous materials in catalysis. This will be achieved by using expertise of materials chemistry and novel polysaccharide science at York and utilising fermentation broths from BioAmber, Agricultural University of Athens, University of Patras and Satake Grain Processing Centre at the University of Manchester.Broader Impacts of the Proposed Research:1. Utilisation of waste polysaccharides would both create a use for this unwanted resource and reduce production costs. 2. The development of catalytic processes for the conversion of molecules from fermentation broths to high value platform molecules would be of benefit to both the University of York and would also add additional value to the energy, biochemical research and industry sectors.3. The materials community will benefit by further research in natural products and in particular, biomass-based materials are used for higher technology applications.