Metaloxide@MOF

Most of the examples of metal MOFs and metaloxides MOFs discussed up to now have been synthesized in order to obtain novel kinds of supported nanoparticles with potentially advantageous properties for applications in catalysis. The catalytic properties of the composite materials Pd MOF-5 and Cu MOF-5 were among the first to be tested. The Pd MOF-5 composite that was obtained by the gas phase loading/photolysis synthetic protocol (35.6 wt% Pd) showed moderate activity in catalysis of hydrogenation of cyclooctene [59], The Pd MOF-5 (1 wt%) synthesized by the incipient wemess technique from [PdCacac) ] was tested as catalyst in hydrogenation of styrene, 1-octene and c/x-cyclooctene, and exhibited a shghtly higher catalytic activity than Pd supported on activated carbon (Pd/Norit A Fig. 23) [51]. 

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