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)

Abstract

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 be..