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      Conversion of levulinic acid over Ag substituted LaCoO3 perovskite (2021) 

      Seguel, Juan C.; Leal, E.; Zárate, Ximena P.; Saavedra-Torres, Mario; Schott V, Eduardo; Díaz de Leon, J. N.; Blanco, Élodie; Escalona, Néstor; Pecchi, Gina A.; Sepúlveda, Catherine Mauricio A. (Elsevier Ltd, 2021-10-01)
      The present work shows the application of substituted and basic perovskites as catalysts in the levulinic acid conversion. In this context, the effect of the Ag substitution on La1-xAgxCoO3 (x = 0.00, 0.05, 0.10, 0.20) ...
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      Electro-reduced graphene oxide nanosheets coupled with RuAu bimetallic nanoparticles for efficient hydrogen evolution electrocatalysis (2021) 

      Khalid, Mohd Ali; Zárate, Ximena P.; Saavedra-Torres, Mario; Schott V, Eduardo; Borges Honorato, Ana María; Rafe Hatshan, Mohammad; Varela, Hamilton (Elsevier B.V., 2021-10-01)
      Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER) in water electrolysis holds a great promise for sustainable hydrogen production but the preparation of an efficient and stable catalyst is remained challenging. Herein, a ...
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      Insights into Hydrodeoxygenation of Furfural and Guaiacol Mixture: Experimental and Theoretical Studies (2021) 

      Schiesser, Emilio C.; Blanco, Élodie; Dongil, Ana Belén; Zárate, Ximena P.; Saavedra-Torres, Mario; Schott V, Eduardo; Canales, Roberto I.; Escalona, Néstor (American Chemical Society, 2021)
      Catalytic hydrodeoxygenations of furfural, guaiacol, and their mixture at different concentrations were carried out over a Ni/SiO2 catalyst to study the kinetic and competitive effects. Anisole was also studied to compare ...