Metal‐organic frameworks as molecularly defined single‐site catalysts and precursor species for bimetallic Co/Fe materials in liquid phase oxidation reactions (C06)

• Subject Area: Solid State and Surface Chemistry, Material Synthesis ; Technical Chemistry
• Term: from 2019 to 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 388390466

The project aims at the development of single‐site catalysts based on metal‐organic frameworks (MOFs) containing well‐defined Co and Fe species in their framework structures. These materials will be utilized as catalyst materials in the liquid‐phase oxidation of secondary alcohols and cyclic olefins. Bimetallic Co/Fe oxide catalysts for the same reactions will also be synthesized via the controlled thermal decomposition of bimetallic Co/Fe‐containing MOFs. Possible metal leaching during the catalytic reactions will be investigated in a newly developed in situ spectroscopic cell.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 247: Heterogeneous Oxidation Catalysis in the Liquid Phase – Mechanisms and Materials in Thermal, Electro-, and Photocatalysis
• Applicant Institution: Universität Duisburg-Essen
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Wolfgang Kleist