Hollow structures are significant for shortening diffusion path and promoting active center exposure.Single-crystalline hollow polyoxometalate-based metal-organic frameworks(POM@MOFs)with increased adsorption performa...Hollow structures are significant for shortening diffusion path and promoting active center exposure.Single-crystalline hollow polyoxometalate-based metal-organic frameworks(POM@MOFs)with increased adsorption performance and catalytic activity were synthesized through a straightforward pseudo-homoepitaxial growth strategy within only 1.5 min.The strategy ingeniously exploits favorable characteristics of well-matched lattice/structure but acid stability difference between MOF and POM@MOF to construct a pseudo-homoepitaxial structure.Specifically,the MOF single crystals are used as seeds to perform epitaxial growth of the lattice/structure-matched POM@MOF under appropriate conditions.Interestingly,the MOF seeds collapse spontaneously during epitaxial growth,affording regular hollow POM@MOF single crystals.Because the acid stability of the POM@MOF is much higher than that of the MOF,it is speculated that the hollow structure formation may be related to the acid released from the epitaxial POM@MOF growth.And the pseudo-homoepitaxial POM@MOF growth strategy based on structural matching but stability difference avoids additional template removal process in conventional hollow MOF preparation and ensures hollow single crystal construction.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (22172022,21872021,22071019,22171035,21901135)
文摘Hollow structures are significant for shortening diffusion path and promoting active center exposure.Single-crystalline hollow polyoxometalate-based metal-organic frameworks(POM@MOFs)with increased adsorption performance and catalytic activity were synthesized through a straightforward pseudo-homoepitaxial growth strategy within only 1.5 min.The strategy ingeniously exploits favorable characteristics of well-matched lattice/structure but acid stability difference between MOF and POM@MOF to construct a pseudo-homoepitaxial structure.Specifically,the MOF single crystals are used as seeds to perform epitaxial growth of the lattice/structure-matched POM@MOF under appropriate conditions.Interestingly,the MOF seeds collapse spontaneously during epitaxial growth,affording regular hollow POM@MOF single crystals.Because the acid stability of the POM@MOF is much higher than that of the MOF,it is speculated that the hollow structure formation may be related to the acid released from the epitaxial POM@MOF growth.And the pseudo-homoepitaxial POM@MOF growth strategy based on structural matching but stability difference avoids additional template removal process in conventional hollow MOF preparation and ensures hollow single crystal construction.
