Heterogeneous Metal-Free Hydrogenation over Defect-Laden Hexagonal Boron Nitride

• Published in: ACS omega Vol. 1; no. 6; pp. 1343 - 1354
• Main Authors: Nash, David J, Restrepo, David T, Parra, Natalia S, Giesler, Kyle E, Penabade, Rachel A, Aminpour, Maral, Le, Duy, Li, Zhanyong, Farha, Omar K, Harper, James K, Rahman, Talat S, Blair, Richard G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Chemical Society 31.12.2016
• Subjects: Catalysts; Hydrogenation; INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; Organic compounds and Functional groups; Quantum mechanical methods

Catalytic hydrogenation is an important process used for the production of everything from foods to fuels. Current heterogeneous implementations of this process utilize metals as the active species. Until recently, catalytic heterogeneous hydrogenation over a metal-free solid was unknown; implementa...