A site-sensitive quasi-in situ strategy to characterize Mo/HZSM-5 during activation

The active sites on the methane dehydroaromatization (MDA) catalyst Mo/HZSM-5 are very hard to characterize, because they are present in various geometries and sizes and only form under reaction conditions with methane at 700 °C. To address these issues an experimental strategy is presented that enables distinguishing different active sites...

Isolated fe sites in metal organic frameworks catalyze the direct conversion of methane to methanol

Hybrid materials bearing organic and inorganic motifs have been extensively discussed as playgrounds for the implementation of atomically resolved inorganic sites within a confined environment, with an exciting similarity to enzymes. Here, we present the successful design of a site-isolated mixed-metal metal organic framework (MOF) that...

Electronic Structure of the [Cu₃(μ-O)₃]²⁺ Cluster in Mordenite Zeolite and Its Effects on the Methane to Methanol Oxidation

Identifying Cu-exchanged zeolites able to activate C-H bonds and selectively convert methane to methanol is a challenge in the field of biomimetic heterogeneous catalysis. Recent experiments point to the importance of trinuclear [Cu₃(μ-O)₃]²⁺ complexes inside the micropores of mordenite (MOR) zeolite for...