Alkylphenols are a group of valuable phenolic compounds that can be derived from lignocellulosic biomass.In this study,three activated carbons(ACs)were prepared for catalytic fast pyrolysis(CFP)of walnut shell to produce alkylphenols,including nitrogen-doped walnut shell-derived activated carbon(N/WSAC),nitrogen-doped rice husk-derived activated carbon(N/RHAC)and walnut shell-derived activated carbon(WSAC).Pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry(Py-GC/MS)experi-ments were carried out to reveal the influences of AC type,pyrolytic temperature,and AC-to-walnut shell(AC-to-WS)ratio on the product distributions.Results showed that with nitrogen doping,the N/WSAC possessed stronger capability than WSAC toward the alkylphenols production,and moreover,the N/WSAC also exhibited better effects than N/RHAC to prepare alkylphenols.Under the catalysis of N/WSAC,yields of alkylphenols were significantly increased,especially phenol,cresol and 4-ethylphenol.As the increase of pyrolytic temperature,the alkylphenols yield first increased and then decreased,while high selectivity could be obtained at low pyrolytic temperatures.Such a trend was also observed as the AC-to-WS ratio continuously increased.The alkylphenols production achieved a maximal yield of 44.19 mg/g with the corresponding selectivity of 34.7％at the pyrolytic temperature of400C and AC-to-WS ratio of 3,compared with those of only 4.67 mg/g and 6.1％without catalyst.In addition,the possible formation mechanism of alkylphenols was also proposed with the catalysis of N/WSAC.