RG10. Hybrid catalytic Materials

Principal Investigator:

Jose Mata

Iván Sorribes

The research program of the group is focused in the development of advanced hybrid materials for energy conversion and storage based on catalytic transformations. The hybrid materials are developed from well-defined organometallic complexes. The approach for such applications is divided on three different research lines: i) Organometallic chemistry: design, characterisation and properties of new catalysts ii) Catalytic applications in processes related to hydrogenation and dehydrogenation. iii) New materials: study of the properties and applications of organometallic compounds and metal nanoparticles supported in graphene derivatives for energy conversion and storage. Research Lines:

Ad. Mat. for catalysis

Rationale design of catalytic materials derived from organometallic complexes.
Development of stable metal nanoparticles as improved catalytic systems.
Ligand design for the immobilization of metal complexes and nanoparticles.
Fundamental and applied study of catalytic hydrogenation and dehydrogenation processes.

Ad. Mat. for energy storage

Development of systems for the storage of hydrogen in the liquid form using “Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHCs).
Development of Hydrogen Storage technologies for transport and uses of hydrogen.

Industrial Innovation and Technology Transfer

The group is involved in industrial projects on Hydrogen Storage, depolymerization processes and catalyst development in connection with a regional funding program (AVI).

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Publications

2024

Dalton Transactions, 2024, 53, 656-665 .
Ibáñez-Ibáñez, L.; Mollar-Cuni, A.; Apaloo-Messan, E.; Sharma, A.K.; Mata, J.A.; Maseras, F.; Vicent, C. Ion mobility mass spectrometry uncovers regioselectivity in the carboxylate-assisted C–H activation of palladium N-heterocyclic carbene complexes.

Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2024/DT/D3DT02793G

2023

Journal of Catalysis, 2023, 428, 115155.
Ibáñez-Ibáñez, L.; Lázaro, A.; Mejuto, C.; Crespo, M.; Vicent, C.; Rodríguez, L.; Mata, J.A. Visible light harvesting alkyne hydrosilylation mediated by pincer platinum complexes.

Article page: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2023.115155

Carbon, 2023, 206, 314 – 324.
Mollar-Cuni, A.; Martín, S.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Mata, J.A. Dual role of graphene as support of ligand-stabilized palladium nanoparticles and carbocatalyst for (de)hydrogenation of N-heterocycles.

Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622323000842?via%3Dihub#undfig1

2022

Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry , 2022, 33, 2291 – 2300.
Mollar-Cuni, A.; Ibáñez-Ibáñez, L.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Mata, J.A.; Vicent, C. Introducing Ion Mobility Mass Spectrometry to Identify Site-Selective C–H Bond Activation in N-Heterocyclic Carbene Metal Complexes..

Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jasms.2c00257

ACS Catalysis, 2022, 12, 6238 – 6245 .
Mejuto, C.; Ibáñez-Ibáñez, L.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Mata, J.A. Visible-Light Promoted Iridium(III) Catalyzed Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of N-heterocycles at Room Temperature..

Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acscatal.2c01224

Dalton Transactions, 2022, 21, 5250-5256 .
Martínez-Laguna, J.; Mollar-Cuni, A.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Martín, S.; Caballero, A.; Mata, J.A.; Pérez, P.J. Gold nanoparticles-catalysed functionalization of carbon-hydrogen bonds by carbene transfer reactions..

Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/dt/d1dt04351j

Green Chemistry, 2022, 24, 2036 – 2043 .
Porcar, R.; Mollar-Cuni, A.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Luis, S.V.; García-Verdugo, E.; Mata, J.A. A simple, safe and robust system for hydrogenation “without gases” under batch and flow conditions using a liquid organic hydrogen carrier.

Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2022/gc/d1gc03850h

Catalysis Science & Technology, 2022, 4, 1257 – 1270.
García-Zaragoza, A.; Cerezo-Navarrete, C.; Mollar-Cuni, A.; Oña-Burgos, P.; Mata, J.A.; Corma, A.; Martínez-Prieto, L.M. Tailoring graphene-supported Ru nanoparticles by functionalization with pyrene-tagged N-heterocyclic carbenes.

Article page: https://doi.org/10.1039/D1CY02063C

2021

Journal of Chemical Education, 2021, 98, 2638.
Mollar-Cuni, A.; Mejuto, C.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Borja, P.; Mata, J.A. Introducing Catalysis to Undergraduate Chemistry Students: TestingaRu−NHC Complex in the Selective Dehydrogenative Coupling ofHydrosilanes and Alcohols.

Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00032?ref=PDF

ACS Catalysis, 2021, 11, 14688 – 14693 .
Mollar-Cuni, A.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Martín, S.; García, H.; Mata, J.A. Reduced Graphene Oxides as Carbocatalysts in Acceptorless Dehydrogenation of N-Heterocycles.

Article page: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.1c04649

ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2021, 9, 2912–2928.
Sorribes, I.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Assis, M.; Martín, S.; Concepción, P.; Bettini, J.; Longo, E.; Mata, J.A.; Andrés, J. Unraveling a Biomass-Derived Multiphase Catalyst for the Dehydrogenative Coupling of Silanes with Alcohols under Aerobic Conditions.

Article page: https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c08953

Journal of Catalysis, 2021, 394, 113 - 120.
Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Martín, S.; García, H.; Mata, J.A. Ligand effects in the stabilization of Gold nanoparticles anchored on the surface of graphene: Implications in catalysis..

Article page: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2020.12.027

2020

European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, 2020, 45, 4254 – 4262 .
Mollar-Cuni, A.; Borja, P.; Martín, S.; Guisado-Barrios, G.; Mata, J.A. A Platinum molecular complex immobilised on the surface of graphene as active catalyst in alkyne hydrosilylation.

Article page: https://doi.org/10.1002/ejic.202000356

ChemCatChem, 2020, 12, 3746 – 3752.
Mollar-Cuni, A.; Byrne, J.P.; Borja, P.; Vicent, C.; Albrecht, M.; Mata, J.A. Selective conversion of various monosaccharaides into sugar acids by additive-free dehydrogenation in water..

Article page: https://doi.org/10.1002/cctc.202000544

2019

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2019, 25, 9534 – 9539.
Ballestin, P.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Martín, S.; Caballero, A.; Mata, J.A.; Pérez, P.J. Improving Catalyst Activity in Hydrocarbon Functionalization by Remote Pyrene-Graphene Stacking.

Article page: https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201900964

Journal of Catalysis, 2019, 375, 419 – 426.
Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Martín, S.; Mata, J.A. The non-innocent role of graphene in the formation/immobilization of ultra-small gold nanoparticles functionalized with N-heterocyclic carbene ligands..

Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0021951719302593?via%3Dihub

Chemistry - A European Journal, 2019, 25, 9534 – 9539.
Ballestin, P.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Martín, S.; Caballero, A.; Mata, J.A.; Pérez, P.J. Improving Catalyst Activity in Hydrocarbon Functionalization by Remote Pyrene-Graphene Stacking.

Article page: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/chem.201900964

2018

ScienceDirect, 2018, 1, 121 – 126.
Barreneche, C.; Mondragon, R.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Mata, J.A.; Cabeza, L.F.; Fernández, I.; Julià, E. Influence of nanoparticle morphology and its dispersion ability regarding thermal properties of water used as Phase Change Material.

Article page: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359431117303320

ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 11, 15217–15228.
Mollar-Cuni, A.; Ventura-Espinosa, D.; Martín, S.; Mayoral, A.; Borja, P.; Mata, J.A. Stabilization of nanoparticles produced by hydrogenation of Palladium-NHC complexes on the surface of graphene and implications in catalysis.

Article page: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.8b02193

Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 4094 – 4101.
Borja, P.; Vicent, C.; Baya, M.; Garcia, H.; Mata, J.A. Iridium complexes catalysed selective dehydrogenation of glucose to gluconic acid in water.

Article page: https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2018/gc/c8gc01933a#!divAbstract