Designing sites in heterogeneous catalysis: are we reaching selectivities competitive with those of homogeneous catalysts?

F Zaera - Chemical Reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
A critical review of different prominent nanotechnologies adapted to catalysis is provided,
with focus on how they contribute to the improvement of selectivity in heterogeneous …

State of the art and prospects in metal–organic framework (MOF)-based and MOF-derived nanocatalysis

Q Wang, D Astruc - Chemical reviews, 2019 - ACS Publications
Metal–organic framework (MOF) nanoparticles, also called porous coordination polymers,
are a major part of nanomaterials science, and their role in catalysis is becoming central …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of metal–organic frameworks for green chemical engineering

XJ Kong, JR Li - Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Given the current global energy and environmental issues resulting from the fast pace of
industrialization, the discovery of new functional materials has become increasingly …

Unexpected “spontaneous” evolution of catalytic, MOF-supported single Cu (II) cations to catalytic, MOF-supported Cu (0) nanoparticles

Y Yang, X Zhang, S Kanchanakungwankul… - Journal of the …, 2020 - ACS Publications
A desirable feature of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is their well-defined structural
periodicity and the presence of well-defined catalyst grafting sites (eg, reactive− OH and …

Structure–activity relationships that identify metal–organic framework catalysts for methane activation

AS Rosen, JM Notestein, RQ Snurr - Acs Catalysis, 2019 - ACS Publications
In this work, we leverage advances in computational screening based on periodic density
functional theory (DFT) to study a diverse set of experimentally derived metal–organic …

Bioinspired Cu (II) Defect Sites in ZIF-8 for Selective Methane Oxidation

Y Yang, S Kanchanakungwankul… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Activating the C–H bonds of alkanes without further oxidation to more thermodynamically
stable products, CO and CO2, is a long-sought goal of catalytic chemistry. Inspired by the …

Interplay of Electronic and Steric Effects to Yield Low‐Temperature CO Oxidation at Metal Single Sites in Defect‐Engineered HKUST‐1

W Wang, DI Sharapa, A Chandresh… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In contrast to catalytically active metal single atoms deposited on oxide nanoparticles, the
crystalline nature of metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) allows for a thorough …

Hierarchical metal-organic framework (MOF) pore engineering

X Yin, A Alsuwaidi, X Zhang - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Metal-Organic Framework (MOF) is a type of coordination networks with high
surface area and tunable chemistry. MOFs are utilized for molecular recognition-related …

The role of metal–organic porous frameworks in dual catalysis

K Berijani, A Morsali - Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) are a valuable group of porous crystalline solids with
inorganic and organic parts. Their various features make them suitable for applications in a …

Synergetic effect between Pd clusters and oxygen vacancies in hierarchical Nb2O5 for lignin-derived phenol hydrodeoxygenation into benzene

S Rong, H Tan, Z Pang, Z Zong, R Zhao, Z Li… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Lignin could be depolymerized into large amount of phenolic compounds via fast pyrolysis.
The upgrade of phenolic compounds via hydrodeoxygenation (HDO) involves multiple …