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. 2015 Dec 9;5:17538. doi: 10.1038/srep17538

Table 3. Activity of catalysts synthesized under different conditions for ball-milled cellulose hydrolysis.

Catalyst number N (%) C (%) H (%) S (%) Acid density by S content (mmol g−1) TRS yield (%)a Glucose yield (%)a Glucose selectivity (%)a
1 0.061 55.50 2.00 1.15 0.36 17.1 ± 1.4 9.1 ± 2.4 39.6 ± 2.4
2 0.052 58.00 1.82 1.02 0.32 17.7 ± 1.6 10.2 ± 0.4 41.6 ± 2.8
3 0.058 53.87 1.99 1.11 0.35 17.1 ± 0.5 8.0 ± 2.1 37.5 ± 1.6
4 0.061 55.50 2.00 1.15 0.36 17.2 ± 0.5 9.6 ± 2.3 41.8 ± 2.8
5 0.066 56.53 2.04 1.08 0.34 17.5 ± 1.7 9.2 ± 1.9 39.5 ± 1.5
6 0.039 60.91 2.01 0.91 0.28 16.9 ± 1.9 8.9 ± 0.4 40.5 ± 2.5
7 0.063 59.98 2.17 1.00 0.31 14.8 ± 2.4 7.2 ± 0.7 36.2 ± 0.3
8 0.060 61.79 2.10 0.97 0.30 17.7 ± 3.1 8.1 ± 0.8 36.8 ± 1.9
9 0.060 61.62 2.13 0.95 0.30 13.5 ± 2.9 6.1 ± 1.3 34.3 ± 0.8
10 0.034 53.00 2.10 1.28 0.40 18.5 ± 1.5 10.3 ± 2.1 41.4 ± 3.2

aConditions for hydrolysis reactions: ball-milled cellulose 0.027 g, catalyst 0.15 g, water 15 mL, 180 °C for 3 h. Two repetitions were done for each run.