Hydrogen Production from Ammonia Decomposition: A Mini-Review of Metal Oxide-Based Catalysts.

Efficient hydrogen storage and transportation are crucial for the sustainable development of human society. Ammonia, with a hydrogen storage density of up to 17.6 wt%, is considered an ideal energy carrier for large-scale hydrogen storage and has great potential for development and application in the "hydrogen economy". However, achieving ammonia decomposition to hydrogen under mild conditions is challenging, and therefore, the development of suitable catalysts is essential. Metal oxide-based catalysts are commonly used in the industry. This paper presents a comprehensive review of single and composite metal oxide catalysts for ammonia decomposition catalysis. The focus is on analyzing the conformational relationships and interactions between metal oxide carriers and active metal sites. The aim is to develop new and efficient metal oxide-based catalysts for large-scale green ammonia decomposition.

A Solvent-Free Hot-Pressing Method for Preparing Metal-Organic-Framework Coatings.

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), with their well-defined pores and rich structural diversity and functionality, have drawn a great deal of attention from across the scientific community. However, industrial applications are hampered by their intrinsic fragility and poor processability. Stable and resilient MOF devices with tunable flexibility are highly desirable. Herein, we present a solvent- and binder-free approach for producing stable MOF coatings by a unique hot-pressing (HoP) method, in which temperature and pressure are applied simultaneously to facilitate the rapid growth of MOF nanocrystals onto desired substrates. This strategy was proven to be applicable to carboxylate-based, imidazolate-based, and mixed-metal MOFs. We further successfully obtained superhydrophobic and "Janus" MOF films through layer-by-layer pressing. This HoP method can be scaled up in the form of roll-to-roll production and may push MOFs into unexplored industrial applications.

Facile fabrication of magnetically recyclable metal-organic framework nanocomposites for highly efficient and selective catalytic oxidation of benzylic C-H bonds.

HKUST-1@Fe3O4 chemically bonded core-shell nanoparticles have been prepared by growing HKUST-1 thin layers joined by carboxyl groups onto Fe3O4 nanospheres. These magnetic core-shell MOF nanostructures show exceptional catalytic activity for the oxidation of benzylic C-H bonds and they can be recovered by magnetic separation and reused without losing any activity.

Cation-induced synthesis of new polyoxopalladates.

Seven polyoxopalladate compounds, [Pd(15)(SeO(3))(10)(µ(3)-O)(10)](10-), with Na(+) (1) and K(+) (2) as counterions, and Na(6)[M(II){Pd(12)(SeO(3))(8)(µ(4)-O)(8)}]·nH(2)O (M = Co (3), Zn (4), Ni (5), Cu (6), Mn (7); n = 7-9), have been prepared and characterized by SXRD, FT-IR, UV-vis, EA, TGA, and ESI-MS. These compounds comprise two distinct cluster configurations, {Pd(15)} and {M(II)Pd(12)}, which reveals the possibility of obtaining desired noble metal clusters with a certain nuclearity by using different cations as potential structural directing or template agents in synthesis. All compounds showed apparent absorptions in the visible light region, while 3 and 7 were found to show paramagnetic behavior typical of mononuclear Co(II) and Mn(II) complexes with zero-field splitting.