Porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)with high theoretical volumetric gas uptake capacity are promising materials for gas storage and separation,but the structuring for practical applications is chal...Porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)with high theoretical volumetric gas uptake capacity are promising materials for gas storage and separation,but the structuring for practical applications is challenging.Herein,we report a general and feasible strategy to combine electrospinning with a phase conversion method to decorate polyacrylonitrile nanofibers(PAN NFs)with CuMOF(HKUST-1).The strategy is based on the combination of surface pretreatment of the NFs with Cu(OH)_(2) and a subsequent phase conversion into HKUST-1 crystals(PCHKUST-1).A significant higher loading of HKUST-1 in the PAN NF matrix was achieved by the phase conversion method compared with direct electrospinning of MOF slurries or insitu growth of MOF crystals on NFs.As a result,the hierarchical structured PC(phase conversion)-HKUST-1 NFs revealed the highest gravimetric storage capacity of 86 cm^(3) g^(-1)(STP)at 3500 kPa and 298 K for methane(CH_(4)),which is higher than other HKUST-1 NFs reported previously.The improved CH_(4) uptake can be explained by the high loading of HKUST-1 due to the high availability of Cu-ions localized on the surface of the NFs during the phase conversion process,resulting in high surface area and excellent gas access of the phase converted HKUST-1.Thus,the developed strategy of structuring MOFs could be of interest for the fabrication of tailor-made MOF NF architectures for other energy and environmental applications.展开更多
基金supported by the Grande Solution Project“HiGradeGas”(48279)Innovation Fund Denmark,exploring NFs-based adsorbents for biogas upgrading and storage+1 种基金the Danish Research Council to provide funding to support fundamental research on electrospinning(8022-00237B)for investigating NFs structures for enzyme immobilization(6111-00232B)。
文摘Porous materials such as metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)with high theoretical volumetric gas uptake capacity are promising materials for gas storage and separation,but the structuring for practical applications is challenging.Herein,we report a general and feasible strategy to combine electrospinning with a phase conversion method to decorate polyacrylonitrile nanofibers(PAN NFs)with CuMOF(HKUST-1).The strategy is based on the combination of surface pretreatment of the NFs with Cu(OH)_(2) and a subsequent phase conversion into HKUST-1 crystals(PCHKUST-1).A significant higher loading of HKUST-1 in the PAN NF matrix was achieved by the phase conversion method compared with direct electrospinning of MOF slurries or insitu growth of MOF crystals on NFs.As a result,the hierarchical structured PC(phase conversion)-HKUST-1 NFs revealed the highest gravimetric storage capacity of 86 cm^(3) g^(-1)(STP)at 3500 kPa and 298 K for methane(CH_(4)),which is higher than other HKUST-1 NFs reported previously.The improved CH_(4) uptake can be explained by the high loading of HKUST-1 due to the high availability of Cu-ions localized on the surface of the NFs during the phase conversion process,resulting in high surface area and excellent gas access of the phase converted HKUST-1.Thus,the developed strategy of structuring MOFs could be of interest for the fabrication of tailor-made MOF NF architectures for other energy and environmental applications.
