Catalyst surfaces with tunable hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity: metal-organic frameworks toward controllable catalytic selectivity

Abstract

This report describes a facile strategy that has the capability of adjusting different surface hydrophilicities/hydrophobicities of catalysts by covering metal-organic frameworks with graphene oxide and reduced graphene oxide. The catalysts exhibit remarkable catalytic selective performance for the hydrogenation of different hydrophobic and hydrophilic reactants.