Highly efficient Ni–NiO/carbon nanotubes catalysts for the selective transfer hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan

Ni–NiO/CNTs showed an excellent activity towards the catalytic transfer hydrogenation of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to 2,5-bis(hydroxymethyl)furan.