This work studied the effect of cellulose–lignin
interactions
under potassium formate (HCOOK) and nickel formate (Ni(HCOO)2) on behavior and product distributions. The results indicated that
the presence of HCOOK affected the whole thermal decomposition process,
while the effect of Ni(HCOO)2 was mainly manifested before
339 °C. The interaction under the action of HCOOK favored the
generation of carbonyl compounds, and the catalytic pyrolysis with
Ni(HCOO)2 was better for formating phenols. The high peak
intensities of CO and CH4 were achieved by adding nickel
formate and potassium formate, respectively. It was obviously different
from noncatalytic pyrolysis. The evolution of a char structure further
revealed that different formate salts had different effects on the
interactions. The statistical method according to the distribution
of the liquid component confirmed that HCOOK had the strongest effect
for reducing the cellulose–lignin interactions.
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