Effects of indium on Ni/SiO2 catalytic performance in hydrodeoxygenation of anisole as model bio-oil compound: Suppression of benzene ring hydrogenation and C-C bond hydrogenolysis

In the hydrodeoxygenation of anisole, used as a bio-oil model compound, the activities of Ni-In/SiO2 bimetallic catalysts in benzene ring hydrogenation and C-C bond hydrogenolysis were much lower than that of Ni/SiO2, leading to higher selectivities for BTX and cyclohexane.