Controlled growth of dense and ordered metal–organic framework nanoparticles on graphene oxide

Abstract

A simple and versatile synthetic route is develped to modulate the growth and distribution of MOF-graphene oxide (GO) nanohybrid materials, achieving dense and ordered MOFs featuring different sizes and morphologies on GO. After pyrolysis, the resulting metal-containing/rGO nanomaterials demonstrate a superior catalytic activity in organic transformations.