Abstract: A method of electrochemically preparing a crystalline, porous, metal-organic framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, in a reaction medium comprising the at least one bidentate organic compound, wherein at least one metal ion is provided in the reaction medium by the oxidation of one anode comprising the corresponding metal.

Abstract: A method of electrochemically preparing a crystalline, porous, metal-organic framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, in a reaction medium comprising the at least one bidentate organic compound, wherein at least one metal ion is provided in the reaction medium by the oxidation of one anode comprising the corresponding metal.

Abstract: A method of electrochemically preparing a crystalline, porous, metal-organic framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, in a reaction medium comprising the at least one bidentate organic compound, wherein at least one metal ion is provided in the reaction medium by the oxidation of one anode comprising the corresponding metal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for removing sulfur compounds from hydrocarbonaceous gases by using catalysts, with the exception of activated carbons and zeolites, which comprise copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, iron, cobalt, nickel or mixtures thereof at temperatures of from (?50) to 150° C. and a pressure of from 0.1 to 10 bar.

Abstract: Catalysts for preparing carboxylic acid salts from alcohols which a) consist of copper or b) comprise from 99.9 to 10% by weight of copper and from 0.01 to 90% by weight of iron and from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more other metals, and may optionally be doped, the hydroxides being obtained by precipitation of copper salt solutions or by coprecipitation of copper and iron salt solutions optionally containing salts of other metals using a base, and being reduced by hydrogen.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of absorbing and/or storing gases, in which the gas to be stored is brought into contact with an electrochemically prepared metal-organic framework under conditions suitable for absorption of the gas, with absorption of the gas into the metal-organic framework occurring, and, if appropriate, the conditions are subsequently changed so that release of the stored gas occurs.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for separating off odor substances from gases, comprising gas with at least one filter comprising a porous metal-organic framework material, the framework material comprising at least one, at least bidentate, organic compound which is bound by coordination to at least one metal ion.

Abstract: N2O is removed in nitric acid manufacture by using catalysts comprising three-dimensional structures coated with catalytically active materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of absorbing and/or storing gases, in which the gas to be stored is brought into contact with an electrochemically prepared metal-organic framework under conditions suitable for absorption of the gas, with absorption of the gas into the metal-organic framework occurring, and, if appropriate, the conditions are subsequently changed so that release of the stored gas occurs.

Abstract: A method of electrochemically preparing a crystalline, porous, metal-organic framework material comprising at least one at least bidentate organic compound coordinately bound to at least one metal ion, in a reaction medium comprising the at least one bidentate organic compound, wherein at least one metal ion is provided in the reaction medium by the oxidation of one anode comprising the corresponding metal.

Abstract: N2O is removed in nitric acid manufacture by using catalysts comprising three-dimensional structures coated with catalytically active materials.

Abstract: The present invention relates to processes for removing sulfur compounds from hydrocarbonaceous gases by using catalysts, with the exception of activated carbons and zeolites, which comprise copper, silver, zinc, molybdenum, iron, cobalt, nickel or mixtures thereof at temperatures of from (?50) to 150° C. and a pressure of from 0.1 to 10 bar.

Abstract: Hydrogenous gases are prepared by reacting hydrocarbons with air and/or water at temperatures of from 300 to 1000° C. and a pressure of from 1 to 20 bar in the presence of a catalyst by using a spinel catalyst which comprises at least one element of transition group VIII of the periodic table.

Abstract: Catalysts for preparing carboxylic acid salts from alcohols which a) consist of copper or b) comprise from 99.9 to 10% by weight of copper and from 0.01 to 90% by weight of iron and from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more other metals, and may optionally be doped, the hydroxides being obtained by precipitation of copper salt solutions or by coprecipitation of copper and iron salt solutions optionally containing salts of other metals using a base, and being reduced by hydrogen.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of fabricating a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA), particularly for PEM fuel cells, wherein the MEA comprises a polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) with reaction layers applied to both sides and possibly with gas distribution layers, and at least one of the reaction layers includes at least one catalytic component and an electron conductor, the method comprising the following procedural steps:

Abstract: In an oxidation-insensitive polymer-stabilized noble metal colloid comprising noble metal particles which have one or more oxidation-insensitive polymers containing sulfonic acid groups or phosphonic acid groups coordinated to their surface, the polymers are selected from the group consisting of sulfonated, partially fluorinated or fluorinated polystyrene, sulfonated, partially sulfonated or fluorinated alkylene-styrene copolymers, sulfonated, perfluorinated alkylene-alkylene oxide copolymers, sulfonated polystyrene, sulfonated polyarylene oxides, sulfonated polyarylene ether sulfones, sulfonated polyarylene ether ketones, sulfonated polyphenylene, sulfonated polyphenylene sulfide and phosponated arylene oxides and phosphonated polybenzimidazoles, with the polymers mentioned being able to bear further substituents.

Abstract: The invention relates to a fuel cell (1) having two electrodes (2) and an ion exchanger membrane (6), where the electrodes (2) are each provided with an electrocatalytic layer (4) and at least one gas channel for a reaction gas (7). The fuel cell has at least one additive which prevents the formation of peroxides and/or destroys peroxides. The invention furthermore relates to the use of at least one additive in or on electrodes (2) of a fuel cell (1) having an ion exchanger membrane (6), where the electrodes (2) are each provided with an electrocatalytic layer (4) and at least one gas channel for a reaction gas (7). The at least one additive serves for the prevention of the formation and/or for the destruction of peroxides on or in the electrodes (2).