Metal-organic frameworks-derived nitrogen-doped carbon supported nanostructured PtNi catalyst for enhanced hydrosilylation of 1-octene

Here, we successfully developed nanostructured PtNi particles supported on nitrogen-doped carbon (NC), which were obtained by carbonization of metal-organic frameworks under different temperatures, forming the nano-PtNi/NC-600, nano-PtNi/NC-800, nano-PtNi/NC-900 and nano-PtNi/NC-1000 catalysts. For hydrosilylation of 1-octene, we found that the nano-PtNi/NC-1000 catalyst exhibits higher activity for anti-Markovnikov hydrosilylation of 1-octene than those of nano-PtNi/NC-600, nano-PtNi/NC-800, nano-PtNi/NC-900 catalysts. Experiments have verified that benefiting from obvious charge transfer from nano-PtNi particles to NC support carbonized at 1,000 °C, the nano-PtNi/NC-1000 catalyst achieved almost complete conversion and produce exclusive adduct for anti-Markovnikov hydrosilylation of 1-octene. Importantly, the nano-PtNi/NC-1000 catalyst exhibited good reusability for the hydrosilylation reaction. This work provides a new path to optimize electronic structure of catalysts by support modification to enhance electron transfer between metal active species and supports for highly catalytic performance.