Energy demand and chemical consumption have been increased in the past century due to the limitation of fossil fuels, and therefore other alternative renewable resources have gained a lot of interest from researchers around the world.  One of the most interested resources is Biomass. Biomass has the potential to supply renewable transportation fuels, organic chemicals and materials demand. In our group, we divided our research topics into three different topics, which are sugar conversion to chemicals, bioethanol/methanol to chemicals, and bio-oil upgrading to chemicals and transportation fuels.

Selected publications

1. Rodaum, C.; Klinyod, S.; Nunthakitgoson, W.; Chaipornchalerm, P.; Liwathananukul, N.; Iarat, P.; Wattanakit, C.* Binder-free hierachical zeolite pellets and monoliths derived from ZSM-5@LDH composites for bioethanol dehydration to ethylene
   ChemComm., 2022, https://doi.org/10.1039/D2CC02200A
   
   
2. Salakhum, S.; Prasertsab, A.; Klinyod, S.; Saenlung, K.; Witoon, T.; Wattanakit, C.* 
   
   Sustainable transformation of natural silica-rich solid and waste to hierarchical zeolites for sugar conversion to hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF)
   Microporous and Mesoporous Mater., 2021, 111252.
   
   
3. Shetsiri, S.; Thivasasith, A.; Wannapakdee, W.; Saenluang, K.; Wetchasat, P.; Salakhum, S.; Nokbin, S.; Limtrakul, J.; Wattanakit, C.*
   Sustainable production of ethylene from bioethanol over hierarchical ZSM-5 nanosheets.
   Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 2019, 3, 115-126.
   
   
4. Suttipat, D.; Wannapakdee, W.; Yutthalekha, T.; Ittisanronnachai, S.; Ungpittagul, T.; Phomphrai, K.; Bureekaew, S.; Wattanakit, C.*
   Hierarchical FAU/ZIF‑8 hybrid materials as highly efficient acid-base catalysts for aldol condensation. 
   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2018, 10, 16358-16366.
   
   
5. Salakhum, S.; Yutthalekha, T.; Chareonpanich, M.; Limtrakul J.; Wattanakit, C.*
   Synthesis of hierarchical faujasite nanosheets from corn cob ash-derived nanosilica as efficient catalysts for hydrogenation of lignin-derived alkylphenols. 
   Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2018, 258, 141-150.
   
   
6. Yutthalekha, T.; Suttipat, D.; Salakhum, S.; Thivasasith, A.; Nokbin, S.; Limtrakul J.; Wattanakit, C.*
   Aldol condensation of biomass-derived platform molecules over amine-grafted hierarchical FAU-type zeolite nanosheets featuring basic sites.
   Chemical Communications, 2017, 53, 12185—12188 (Back cover page).
   
   
7. Rodponthukwaji, K.; Wattanakit, C.^*; Yutthalekha, T.;  Assavapanumat, S.; Warakulwit, C.; Wannapakdee, W.; Limtrakul, J.
   Catalytic upgrading of carboxylic acids as bio-oil models over hierarchical ZSM-5 obtained via an organosilane approach.
   RSC Advances, 2017, 7, 35581-35589.