A Modulator-Induced Defect-Formation Strategy to Hierarchically Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks with High Stability

Guorui Cai; Hai-Long Jiang

doi:10.1002/anie.201610914

A Modulator-Induced Defect-Formation Strategy to Hierarchically Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks with High Stability

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jan 9;56(2):563-567. doi: 10.1002/anie.201610914. Epub 2016 Dec 8.

Authors

Guorui Cai¹, Hai-Long Jiang¹

Affiliation

¹ Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, CAS Key Laboratory of Soft Matter Chemistry, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, 230026, P.R. China.

PMID: 27930852
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201610914

Abstract

The pore size enlargement and structural stability have been recognized as two crucial targets, which are rarely achieved together, in the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). Herein, we have developed a versatile modulator-induced defect-formation strategy, in the presence of monocarboxylic acid as a modulator and an insufficient amount of organic ligand, successfully realizing the controllable synthesis of hierarchically porous MOFs (HP-MOFs) with high stability and tailorable pore characters. Remarkably, the integration of high stability and large mesoporous property enables these HP-MOFs to be important porous platforms for applications involving large molecules, especially in catalysis.

Keywords: heterogeneous catalysis; hierarchically porous materials; large molecules; metal-organic frameworks; stability.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't