Obregón, I.; Gandarias, I.; Al Shaal, M. G.; Mevissen, C.; Arias, P. L.; Palkovits, R. The Role of the Hydrogen Source on the Selective Production of γ-Valerolactone and 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran from Levulinic Acid. ChemSusChem2016, 9, 2488–2495.
Soorholtz, M.; Jones, L. C.; Samuelis, D.; Weidenthaler, C.; White, R. J.; Titirici, M.-M.; Cullen, D. A.; Zimmermann, T.; Antonietti, M.; Maier, J.; Palkovits, R.; Chmelka, B. F.; Schüth, F. Local Platinum Environments in a Solid Analogue of the Molecular Periana Catalyst. ACS Catalysis2016, 6, 2332–2340.
Al Shaal, M. G.; Calin, M.; Delidovich, I.; Palkovits, R. Microwave-Assisted Reduction of Levulinic Acid with Alcohols Producing γ-Valerolactone in the Presence of a Ru/C Catalyst. Catalysis Communications2016, 75, 65–68.
Al Shaal, M. G.; Ciptonugroho, W.; Holzhauser, F. J.; Mensah, J. B.; Hausoul, P. J. C.; Palkovits, R. Catalytic Upgrading of α-Angelica Lactone to Levulinic Acid Esters under Mild Conditions over Heterogeneous Catalysts. Catalysis Science & Technology2015, 5, 5168–5173.
Al Shaal, M. G.; Hausoul, P. J. C.; Palkovits, R. Efficient, Solvent-Free Hydrogenation of α-Angelica Lactone Catalysed by Ru/C at Atmospheric Pressure and Room Temperature. Chemical Communications2014, 50, 10206–10209.
Tajvidi, K.; Hausoul, P. J. C.; Palkovits, R. Hydrogenolysis of Cellulose over Cu-Based Catalysts—Analysis of the Reaction Network. ChemSusChem2014, 7, 1311–1317.
Al Shaal, M. G.; Dzierbinski, A.; Palkovits, R. Solvent-Free γ-Valerolactone Hydrogenation to 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran Catalysed by Ru/C: a Reaction Network Analysis. Green Chemistry2014, 16, 1358–1364.
Pupovac, K.; Palkovits, R. Cu/MgAl2O4 as Bifunctional Catalyst for Aldol Condensation of 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural and Selective Transfer Hydrogenation. ChemSusChem2013, 6, 2103–2110.
Richter, F. H.; Pupovac, K.; Palkovits, R.; Schüth, F. Set of Acidic Resin Catalysts To Correlate Structure and Reactivity in Fructose Conversion to 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural. ACS Catalysis2013, 3, 123–127.
Soorholtz, M.; White, R.; Zimmermann, T.; Titirici, M.-M.; Antonietti, M.; Palkovits, R.; Schüth, F. Direct Methane Oxidation over Pt-Modified Nitrogen-Doped Carbons. Chemical Communications2013, 49, 240–240.
Al Shaal, M. G.; Wright, W. R. H.; Palkovits, R. Exploring the Ruthenium Catalysed Synthesis of γ-Valerolactone in Alcohols and Utilisation of Mild Solvent-Free Reaction Conditions. Green Chemistry2012, 14, 1260–1263.
Schüth, F.; Palkovits, R.; Schlögl, R.; Su, D. Ammonia as a Possible Element in an Energy Infrastructure: Catalysts for Ammonia Decomposition. Energy & Environmental Science2012, 5, 6278–6289.
Palkovits, R.; Tajvidi, K.; Ruppert, A. M.; Procelewska, J. Heteropoly Acids as Efficient Acid Catalysts in the One-Step Conversion of Cellulose to Sugar Alcohols. Chemical Communications2011, 47, 576–578.
Rose, M.; Palkovits, R. Cellulose-Based Sustainable Polymers: State of the Art and Future Trends. Macromolecular Rapid Communications2011, 32, 1299–1311.
Schnepp, Z.; Thomas, M.; Glatzel, S.; Schlichte, K.; Palkovits, R.; Giordano, C. One Pot Route to Sponge-Like Fe(3)N Nanostructures. Journal of Materials Chemistry2011, 21, 17760–17764.
Kraupner, A.; Antonietti, M.; Palkovits, R.; Schlichte, K.; Giordano, C. Mesoporous Fe₃C Sponges as Magnetic Supports and as Heterogeneous Catalyst. Journal of Materials Chemistry2010, 20, 6019–6022.
Prof. Ferdi Schüth has been named an honorary fellow of the Chinese Chemical Society for his contributions to sustainable catalysis and international collaboration.
To mark the 100th anniversary of the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, a scientific conference will be held in Mülheim next year. Our institute will of course be taking part.