Metal ions can be installed in metal-organic frameworks in stoichiometrically controlled fashion via both vapor-phase and solution-phase methods. Subsequent reduction yields clusters of neutral metal atoms, where cluster sizes and shapes are defined by MOF pore dimensions. The clusters are catalytic for both condensed-phase (electrochemical) and gas-phase chemical transformations. Notably, the clusters resist agglomeration/sintering during catalysis, even at elevated temperature. Representative catalysis results, including results for cluser-sized alloys, will be presented. Included wil be discussions of how catalytic activity and selectivity are dictated by cluster composition (and size and siting).

MOF-templated metallic clusters as catalysts and electrocatalysts

255th National Meeting (2018)

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