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    Eco-friendly catalyst design: Transforming volcanic lava ashes into sustainable synthesis of glycerol carbonate from glycerol in one pot solvent-free route

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    2025-04
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    Kandola, Isack
    Kivevele, Thomas
    Hilonga, Askwar
    Kichonge, Baraka
    Maina, Paulo
    Ramkat, Rose
    Castro-Ocampo, Orlando
    Delesma, Cornelio
    Muñiz, Jesús
    Okoye, Patrick
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    Volcanic lava ash (VLA), a natural waste from nature’s geological activities was used as a raw material for the first time to produce a series of heterogeneous catalysts via facile calcination from 300 to 900 °C. The heterogeneous catalysts were used to synthesize glycerol carbonate (GC) from the transesterification reaction of glycerol (GL) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC). The structural-morphological-crystalline characterization revealed dominant active sites Mg1.04 (SiO3), CK2O3, KAlSiO4, Na3PO4, NaAlO2 and CaO with some silicates and organic carbon, which provided support and stabilizing effects for the alkaline oxides and mixed oxides. The calcination facilitated phase transformation from lower basicity hydroxides and carbonates to higher basicity oxides. The VLA-800 °C catalyst produced the best GC yield and GL conversion reaching 91 ± 1 % and 97 ± 3 %, respectively, at reaction conditions 75 °C, GL: DMC of 1:3, and catalyst loading of 5 wt% under 90 min reaction time. The catalyst maintained (74 ± 1 %) GC yield after the 6th reuse cycle with leaching of active sites and masking by organic matter as the main causes of the progressive loss in catalytic activity.
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2025.116030
    https://dspace.nm-aist.ac.tz/handle/20.500.12479/2993
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