Assembly of ZIF nanostructures around free Pt nanoparticles: efficient size-selective catalysts for hydrogenation of alkenes under mild conditions

Peng Wang; Jiao Zhao; Xiaobo Li; Yan Yang; Qihua Yang; Can Li

doi:10.1039/c3cc39275a

Assembly of ZIF nanostructures around free Pt nanoparticles: efficient size-selective catalysts for hydrogenation of alkenes under mild conditions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Apr 25;49(32):3330-2. doi: 10.1039/c3cc39275a.

Authors

Peng Wang¹, Jiao Zhao, Xiaobo Li, Yan Yang, Qihua Yang, Can Li

Affiliation

¹ State Key Laboratory of Catalysis, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 457 Zhongshan Road, Dalian 116023, China.

PMID: 23505631
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc39275a

Abstract

Encapsulation of Pt nanoparticles (NPs) in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs) was achieved via assembly of ZIF nanostructures around the pre-formed "unprotected" NPs. Ptn@ZIF-8 showed efficient size-selective hydrogenation ability due to the uniform microporous structure.