A two-dimensional zeolitic imidazolate framework with a cushion-shaped cavity for CO2 adsorption

Rizhi Chen; Jianfeng Yao; Qinfen Gu; Stef Smeets; Christian Baerlocher; Haoxue Gu; Dunru Zhu; William Morris; Omar M Yaghi; Huanting Wang

doi:10.1039/c3cc44342f

A two-dimensional zeolitic imidazolate framework with a cushion-shaped cavity for CO2 adsorption

Chem Commun (Camb). 2013 Oct 21;49(82):9500-2. doi: 10.1039/c3cc44342f.

Authors

Rizhi Chen¹, Jianfeng Yao, Qinfen Gu, Stef Smeets, Christian Baerlocher, Haoxue Gu, Dunru Zhu, William Morris, Omar M Yaghi, Huanting Wang

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia. huanting.wang@monash.edu.

PMID: 24018656
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc44342f

Abstract

A new two-dimensional zeolitic imidazolate framework (named as ZIF-L) was synthesized in zinc salt and 2-methylimidazole (Hmim) aqueous solution at room temperature. ZIF-L (Zn(mim)2·(Hmim)1/2·(H2O)3/2 or C10H16N5O3/2Zn) has unique cushion-shaped cavities and leaf-like crystal morphology, and exhibits excellent CO2 adsorption properties.