Organic Semiconductors as Catalysts

At the present time, numerous polymers have been synthesized which are stable at high temperatures and possess very diverse electrical and magnetic properties. Their catalytic activity in heterogeneous catalysis has been studied for the cases of the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide [1] and formic acid [2, 3], de-hydrogenation and dehydration reactions [3, 5, 6], and the decomposition of hydrazine and nitric oxide [6, 8].