A family of metal-organic frameworks exhibiting size-selective catalysis with encapsulated noble-metal nanoparticles.
The encapsulation of noble-metal nanoparticles (NPs) in metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with carboxylic acid ligands, the most extensive branch of the MOF family, gives NP/MOF composites that exhibit excellent shape-selective catalytic performance in olefin hydrogenation, aqueous reaction in the reduction of 4-nitrophenol, and faster molecular diffusion in CO oxidation. The strategy of using functionalized cavities of MOFs as hosts for different metal NPs looks promising for the development of high-performance heterogeneous catalysts.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore, 639798, Singapore.
Weina
W
Zhang
Guang
G
Lu
Chenlong
C
Cui
Yayuan
Y
Liu
Shaozhou
S
Li
Wenjin
W
Yan
Chong
C
Xing
Yonggui Robin
YR
Chi
Yanhui
Y
Yang
Fengwei
F
Huo
composites; metal-organic frameworks; nanoparticles; noble-metal nanoparticles; selective catalysis