Metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)with HKUST-like tbo structures have been paid specific attention for gas sorption and separation because of their specific pore features.According to the geometric similarity of spirobifl...Metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)with HKUST-like tbo structures have been paid specific attention for gas sorption and separation because of their specific pore features.According to the geometric similarity of spirobifluorene and[Cu_(2)(O_(2)CR)_(4)]paddlewheel secondary building units(Cu_(2)SBUs)in HKUST-1,we attempted to rationally construct a HKUST-like MOF by a substitution strategy.Using a judiciously designed octatopic carboxylate ligand,a copper-organic framework,JUC-220,was synthesized.The crystals of JUC-220 exhibited characteristic features in cubic with disorder,possibly due to the disorder substitution and high symmetry of tbo topology.Two related HKUST-like structure models were considered.Thanks to the suitable pore size and specific pore shapes,the adsorption selectivities of JUC-220 for C_(3)H_(8)/CH_(4)(5/85)and C_(2)H_(6)/CH_(4)(10/85)gas mixtures were as high as 736 and 46 respectively at 298 K and 1 bar.Specially,JUC-220 exhibited excellent trace adsorption performance of C_(3)H_(8)and C_(2)H_(6)as well as reverse adsorption behavior of C_(2)H_(6)/C_(2)H_(4).Thus,JUC-220 serves as an example of HKUST-like MOF with disorder for light hydrocarbons separation and the implementation of substitution which can be used to explore more porous MOFs.展开更多
基金This research work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21871105,21975096,and 21501064)。
文摘Metal-organic frameworks(MOFs)with HKUST-like tbo structures have been paid specific attention for gas sorption and separation because of their specific pore features.According to the geometric similarity of spirobifluorene and[Cu_(2)(O_(2)CR)_(4)]paddlewheel secondary building units(Cu_(2)SBUs)in HKUST-1,we attempted to rationally construct a HKUST-like MOF by a substitution strategy.Using a judiciously designed octatopic carboxylate ligand,a copper-organic framework,JUC-220,was synthesized.The crystals of JUC-220 exhibited characteristic features in cubic with disorder,possibly due to the disorder substitution and high symmetry of tbo topology.Two related HKUST-like structure models were considered.Thanks to the suitable pore size and specific pore shapes,the adsorption selectivities of JUC-220 for C_(3)H_(8)/CH_(4)(5/85)and C_(2)H_(6)/CH_(4)(10/85)gas mixtures were as high as 736 and 46 respectively at 298 K and 1 bar.Specially,JUC-220 exhibited excellent trace adsorption performance of C_(3)H_(8)and C_(2)H_(6)as well as reverse adsorption behavior of C_(2)H_(6)/C_(2)H_(4).Thus,JUC-220 serves as an example of HKUST-like MOF with disorder for light hydrocarbons separation and the implementation of substitution which can be used to explore more porous MOFs.
