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

Abstract 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 (MoO x ‐D) using carbon as the reducing agent. The Ni‐loaded catalyst (Ni30/MoO x ‐D) has more oxygen vacancies and stronger metal‐support interactions than Ni30/MoO 3 , which are conducive to the activation of O species and H 2 . Therefore, this catalyst exhibits excellent performance for the hydrodeoxygenation of lipids to alkanes (220 °C, 3 MPa H 2 , 5 h, > 93% alkane yields, 5 runs).