Loading of MOF- 5 with Cu and ZnO Nanoparticles by Gas-Phase Infiltration with Organometallic Precursors: Properties of Cu / ZnO @ MOF - 5 as Catalyst for Methanol Synthesis.

M. Mueller, S. Hermes, K. Kähler, M. W. E. van den Berg, M. Muhler, Martin; R. A. Fischer

Chem. Mater. (2008), 20(14), 4576-4587

Nanocomposite materials Cu@MOF-5 and ZnO@MOF-5 (MOF-5 = [Zn₄O(bdc)₃]; bdc = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) were derived by loading MOF-5 with [CpCuL] (L = PMe₃, CN^tBu) and ZnEt₂ followed by thermal treatment under various conditions. Doubly loaded Cu/ZnO@MOF-5 showed remarkably high initial activity as catalyst in methanol synthesis before the MOF-5 matrix collapsed.