Carbon-encapsulated Fe₃O₄ (Fe₃O₄@C) catalysts were prepared by a solvothermal method using glucose as the carbon source and their physicochemical properties were characterized via various analytical techniques.

Carbon nanotubes (CNTs)-supported Pt nanoparticles were prepared with selective deposition of Pt nanoparticles inside and outside CNTs (Pt–in/CNTs and Pt–out/CNTs). The effects of Pt loading and reaction solvents on phenol hydrogenation were investigated. The Pt nanoparticles in Pt–in/CNTs versus Pt–out/CNTs are smaller and better dispersed. The catalytic activity and reuse stability toward phenol hydrogenation both improved markedly. The dichloromethane–water mixture as the reaction solvent, compared with either pure medium, decreased the catalytic activity toward phenol hydrogenation and selectivity of cyclohexanone over Pt–in/CNTs, but significantly improved the catalytic activity toward phenol hydrogenation and selectivity of cyclohexanone over Pt–out/CNTs.

Bimetallic Ni_xCu_(10−x)/γ-Al₂O₃ catalysts (where x is the mass fraction of Ni) with different Ni/Cu mass ratios were prepared. The catalysts were characterized by X-ray diffractometry, N₂ adsorption–desorption, inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, H₂-temperature programmed reduction, and transmission electron microscopy. The effect of Ni/Cu mass ratio on benzofuran hydrodeoxygenation was investigated in a fixed-flow reactor. Cu addition improved the NiO reducibility. The strong interaction of Ni and Cu led to the formation of smaller and highly dispersed CuO and NiO species over γ-Al₂O₃, which favors an improvement in catalytic activity. Among the as-prepared catalysts, the Ni₅Cu₅/γ-Al₂O₃ showed the highest deoxygenated product yield (79.9%) with an acceptable benzofuran conversion of 95.2%, which increased by 18.3% and 16.9% compared with that of the monometallic Ni/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst. A possible reaction network was proposed, which would provide insight into benzofuran hydrodeoxygenation over the Ni₅Cu₅/γ-Al₂O₃ catalyst.

Phosphorus-modified Zr-metal organic framework (P/Zr-MOF) catalysts were synthesized by a (NH ₄ ) ₂ HPO ₄ pyrolysis approach starting from Zr-MOFs.

A novel hydrosoluble sulfonate copolymer (SPAM) containing sulfonic acid groups was synthesized under mild conditions with Acrylamide (AM), 2-(Dimethylamino) ethyl methacrylate (DMAEMA) and 2-methyl-2-[(1-oxo-2-propenyl)amino]-1-propane sulfonic acid (AMPS) as monomers by segmentation initiation with 2,2'-azobis[2-methylpropionamidine] dihydrochloride and redox initiation system, respectively. The structures of copolymers were characterized by infrared (IR) spectroscopy, ¹H NMR spectroscopy and thermogravimetric analysis. The rheological properties of the copolymer solution at different shear rate, temperature and salt concentration were investigated. The shear-tolerance, temperature-tolerance and salt-tolerance of the novel synthetic hydrosoluble sulfonate copolymer are improved remarkably compared with partially hydrolyzed polyacrylamide (HPAM). The synthetic copolymer solution possesses a higher viscosity retention rate (53.3%) than HPAM (35.3%) at the total salinity of 20000 mg/L when temperature changed from 30°C to 99°C. The enhanced oil recovery (EOR) of the synthetic copolymer was performed by core flood, and the EOR degree of the synthetic copolymer in the 20000 mg/L salt solution at 80°C was better than that of HPAM. Compared with HPAM flooding, the EOR with the synthetic copolymer flooding was increased by 6.8% at 80°C.