Solvent-free synthesis of ZIF-8 from zinc acetate with the assistance of sodium hydroxide

Peng Ji; Renbing Tian; Hua Zheng; Jin-Gang Jiang; Jinghua Sun; Junbiao Peng

doi:10.1039/d0dt02856h

Solvent-free synthesis of ZIF-8 from zinc acetate with the assistance of sodium hydroxide

Dalton Trans. 2020 Sep 22;49(36):12555-12558. doi: 10.1039/d0dt02856h.

Authors

Peng Ji¹, Renbing Tian², Hua Zheng², Jin-Gang Jiang³, Jinghua Sun², Junbiao Peng⁴

Affiliations

¹ School of Electrical Engineering & Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, No. 1 Daxue Road, Dongguan 523808, PR China. sunjh@dgut.edu.cn and State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, PR China. psjbpeng@scut.edu.cn and Qingdao Haiwan Science and Technology Industry Research Institute Co., Ltd., No. 27 South Banghai Road, Qingdao 266031, PR China.
² School of Electrical Engineering & Intelligentization, Dongguan University of Technology, No. 1 Daxue Road, Dongguan 523808, PR China. sunjh@dgut.edu.cn.
³ Shanghai Key Laboratory of Green Chemistry and Chemical Processes, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China Normal University, No. 3663 North Zhongshan Road, Shanghai 200062, PR China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory of Luminescent Materials and Devices, South China University of Technology, No. 381 Wushan Road, Guangzhou 510640, PR China. psjbpeng@scut.edu.cn.

PMID: 32915180
DOI: 10.1039/d0dt02856h

Abstract

The development of sustainable routes for the synthesis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) is very important because of the wide applications of MOFs on a large scale in the fields of adsorption, separation, and catalysis. ZIF-8, a zinc-based zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF), was first prepared following a solvent-free method from zinc acetate and denoted as ZIF-8-DGUT. The synthesis was conducted with the addition of an appropriate amount of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) powder before fully grinding, and the synthesis was accomplished at mild temperature at 343 K for 24 h. This strategy provided a practical method for the production of ZIF materials.