3D-Printed Porous Magnetic Carbon Materials Derived from Metal-Organic Frameworks

Polymers (Basel). 2021 Nov 10;13(22):3881. doi: 10.3390/polym13223881.

Abstract

Here we report new porous carbon materials obtained by 3D printing from photopolymer compositions with zinc- and nickel-based metal-organic frameworks, ZIF-8 and Ni-BTC, followed by high-temperature pyrolysis. The pyrolyzed materials that retain the shapes of complex objects contain pores, which were produced by boiling zinc and magnetic nickel particles. The two thus provided functionalities-large specific surface area and ferromagnetism-that pave the way towards creating heterogenous catalysts that can be easily removed from reaction mixtures in industrial catalytic processes.

Keywords: 3D printing; composite materials; metal–organic frameworks; photopolymer; porous carbon materials; pyrolysis.