resolver

Bochum) for the study of XPS and UHV-FTIR and providing the corresponding
figures.
Dr. Bauke Albada and Martin strack for carrying out the HPLC measurements
(Chair of Inorganic Chemistry I - Bioinorganic Chemistry, Prof. Dr. Nils Metzler‐
Nolte, Ruhr‐University Bochum).
Noushin Arshadi (group of Prof. Dr. Martin Muhler, Ruhr‐University Bochum) for
collecting the N2 sorption isotherms.
Dr. Rolf Neuser (Faculty of Geosciences, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and
Geophysics, Ruhr‐University Bochum) for the gold coating on the non-conducting
SEM samples.
Dr. Kira Khaletskaya and Stefan Cwik for conducting SEM-EDX measurements.
Dr. Christian Wiktor for collecting TEM-EDX spectra.
Dr. Christian Sternemann (and Andreas Schneemann, Suttipong Wannapaiboon)
for helping me to gather X‐ray diffraction patterns at the DELTA facility. Ralph
Wagner (and Andreas Schneemann) for assistance of performing XAS on the Ru-
(DE)MOF samples and for introducing me to the study of XANES.
Karin Bartholomäus for elemental analysis.
Prof. Dr. Jeffrey R. Long for the chance to have a research stay in his group, at the
Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley (USA). The whole
group for an inspiring communication and very nice time during my stay. I address
many thanks to Miguel Gonzalez for guiding me on conducting the catalytic
reaction in Chapter 4 and assistance on evaluating the data. Last but not the least,
Dianne Xiao, Douglas Reed, Julia Oktawiec for their great assistance with sorption
studies and help on collecting sorption isotherms.
Dr. Francesc X. Llabrés i Xamena (Institute of Chemical Technologies, Polytechnical
University of Valencia, Spain) for the collaboration and Konstantin Epp (group of
the Prof. Dr. Roland A. Fischer in Technical University of Munich) for performing
the catalytic reaction in Chapter 4.
Zhihao Chen and Majd Al-Naji (group of Prof. Dr. Roger Gläser, University of
Leipzig) for carrying out the catalytic reaction in Chapter 5 and the assistance on
study the catalytic activity.
I also want to acknowledge the financial support from China Scholarship Council to my
whole Ph.D study and Research School Plus at Ruhr-University Bochum for the funding of