Boosting Catalytic Performance of Metal-Organic Framework by Increasing the Defects via a Facile and Green Approach

Gan Ye; Dan Zhang; Xiangfu Li; Kunyue Leng; Wenjuan Zhang; Jun Ma; Yinyong Sun; Wei Xu; Shengqian Ma

doi:10.1021/acsami.7b10337

Boosting Catalytic Performance of Metal-Organic Framework by Increasing the Defects via a Facile and Green Approach

ACS Appl Mater Interfaces. 2017 Oct 11;9(40):34937-34943. doi: 10.1021/acsami.7b10337. Epub 2017 Sep 29.

Authors

Gan Ye, Dan Zhang, Xiangfu Li, Kunyue Leng, Wenjuan Zhang, Jun Ma, Yinyong Sun, Wei Xu¹, Shengqian Ma²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Lab of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University , Changchun, 130012, China.
² Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida , 4202 Easter Fowler Avenue, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States.

PMID: 28920674
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b10337

Abstract

The control of defects in crystalline materials has long been of significance since the defects are correlated with the performances of the materials. Yet such control remains a challenge for metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which are usually well-crystallized under hydro-/solvothermal conditions. In this contribution, we demonstrate for the first time how to increase the defects of MOF via a facile and green approach as exemplified in the context of solvent-free synthesis of UiO-66(Zr). Such increase of defects leads to drastic enhancement of catalysis performance when compared to UiO-66(Zr) prepared from conventional hydro-/solvothermal synthesis. Our work therefore not only opens a new door for boosting the catalytic activities of MOFs but also contributes a new approach to control the defects in crystalline materials for various applications.

Keywords: UiO−66(Zr); defect sites; desulfurization; oxidation; solvent-free.