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Front Cover: Models Facilitating the Design of a New Metal‐Organic Framework Catalyst for the Selective Decomposition of Formic Acid into Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide (ChemCatChem 10/2019)
Author(s) -
O'Hair Richard A. J.,
Mravak Antonija,
Krstić Marjan,
BonačićKoutecký Vlasta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
chemcatchem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.497
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1867-3899
pISSN - 1867-3880
DOI - 10.1002/cctc.201900798
Subject(s) - formic acid , catalysis , metal organic framework , decomposition , chemistry , hydrogen , context (archaeology) , inorganic chemistry , carbon monoxide , carbon dioxide , hydrogen storage , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , paleontology , adsorption , engineering , biology
The Front Cover shows how gas‐phase studies of model systems can be used for the design of MOF based catalysts for the selective decomposition of formic acid into hydrogen and carbon dioxide, a reaction of considerable interest for hydrogen storage applications. In their Full Paper, R. O'Hair et al. describe a new conceptual approach for the design of a heterogeneous metal‐organic framework (MOF) catalyst based on UiO‐67 for the decomposition of formic acid in context of hydrogen storage. Models for the {CuH} reactive catalytic site at the organic linker are assessed. Thus, catalytic active sites located on the organic linker of a MOF appear to be close to a gas‐phase environment, thereby benefitting from the favorable characteristics of gas phase reactions and validating the use of gas‐phase models to design new MOF based catalysts. More information can be found in the Full Paper by R. O'Hair et al. on page 2443 in Issue 10, 2019 (DOI: 10.1002/cctc.201900346).