Patent ID: 8404155

Claim:
A composition comprising: (1) a biomass; (2) a nanoalloy catalyst comprising: (a) a support material (S) selected from the group consisting of silicon, silica, alumina, titania, nanocarbon, graphene, activated carbon, thoria, zirconia, zeolites, and mixtures thereof, (b) at least one metal-containing compound comprising a nanoalloy of at least two metals (M 1 and M 2 ) selected from the group consisting of Fe, Co, Ni, Mo, W, Th, Ru, Pt, Rh, Mn, Cr, Ga, La, Ce, Re, Pd, Ti, Cu, and K; and (c) wherein the nanoalloy catalyst comprises particles having a grain size of less than 50 nanometers; and (3) a volatile organometallic compound selected from the group consisting of cyclomatic manganese carbonyl compounds, methyl cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, cyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, manganese carbonyl materials, ferrocene, iron carbonyl materials, cerium containing compounds, platinum group metal compounds, and mixtures thereof.