Boosting Metal‐Support Interactions Between Ni and MoOx for the Hydrodeoxygenation of Lipids to Alkanes

The transformation of lipids into fuels via hydrodeoxygenation has become a research focus in lipid chemistry. The key to achieving this conversion is to develop heterogeneous catalysts with high catalytic performance. Herein, a novel detonation‐pyrolysis route for the introduction of oxygen vacancies in molybdenum oxide (MoOx‐D) using carbon as the reducing agent. The Ni‐loaded catalyst (Ni30/MoOx‐D) has more oxygen vacancies and stronger metal‐support interactions than Ni30/MoO3, which are conducive to the activation of O species and H2. Therefore, this catalyst exhibits excellent performance for the hydrodeoxygenation of lipids to alkanes (220 oC, 3 MPa H2, 5 h, > 93% alkane yields, 5 runs).