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Title: Controlling Catalytic Properties of Pd Nanoclusters through Their Chemical Environment at the Atomic Level Using Isoreticular Metal–Organic Frameworks

Journal Article · · ACS Catalysis
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  1. Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
  2. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)

Control of heterogeneous catalytic sites through their surrounding chemical environment at an atomic level is crucial to catalyst design. Here we synthesize Pd nanoclusters (NCs) in an atomically tunable chemical environment using isoreticular metal–organic framework (MOF) supports (Pd@UiO-66-X, X = H, NH2, OMe). In an aerobic reaction between benzaldehyde and ethylene glycol, these catalysts show product distributions that are completely altered from the acetal to the ester when we change the functional groups on the MOF linkers from –NH2 to –H/–OMe. Diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy (DRIFTS) studies, along with density functional theory (DFT) calculations, show that the coordination of the –NH2 groups to the Pd NCs could weaken their oxidation capability to a greater extent in comparison to that of the –OMe group. Moreover, the limited number of –NH2 groups per cavity in the MOF change the electronic properties of the Pd NCs while still leaving open sites for catalysis.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1255289
Journal Information:
ACS Catalysis, Vol. 6, Issue 6; ISSN 2155-5435
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
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Cited by: 120 works
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