Catalytic chromium reduction using formic acid and metal nanoparticles immobilized in a metal-organic framework

Mahendra Yadav; Qiang Xu

doi:10.1039/c3cc00293d

Catalytic chromium reduction using formic acid and metal nanoparticles immobilized in a metal-organic framework

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Apr 25;49(32):3327-9. doi: 10.1039/c3cc00293d.

Authors

Mahendra Yadav¹, Qiang Xu

Affiliation

¹ National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Ikeda, Osaka 563-8577, Japan.

PMID: 23505626
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc00293d

Abstract

Highly dispersed metal nanoparticles were immobilized in the pores of a metal-organic framework (MOF), MIL-101, using a double solvents method. The resulting composites were investigated in the reduction of Cr(VI) to Cr(III) using formic acid, showing that the Pt and Pd catalysts were active with the Pt nanoparticles immobilized in MOF exhibiting the best performance.