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Date: | 2018 |
Abstract: | Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) usually require meticulous removal of the solvent molecules to unlock their potential porosity. Herein, we report a novel one-step method for activating MOFs based on the photothermal effect induced by directly irradiating them with a UV-vis lamp. The localized light-to-heat conversion produced in the MOF crystals upon irradiation enables a very fast solvent removal, thereby significantly reducing the activation time to as low as 30 min and suppressing the need for time-consuming solvent-exchange procedures and vacuum conditions. This approach is successful for a broad range of MOFs, including HKUST-1, UiO-66-NH, ZIF-67, CPO-27-M (M = Zn, Ni, and Mg), Fe-MIL-101-NH, and IRMOF-3, all of which exhibit absorption bands in the light emission range. In addition, we anticipate that this photothermal activation can also be used to activate covalent organic frameworks (COFs). |
Grants: | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad MAT2015-65354-C2-1-R Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca 2014/SGR-80 European Commission 615954 European Commission 685727 Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SEV-2013-0295 |
Rights: | Tots els drets reservats. |
Language: | Anglès |
Document: | Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar |
Subject: | Activation ; Metal-organic framework ; Permanent porosity ; Photothermal effect ; UV-vis light |
Published in: | ACS applied materials & interfaces, Vol. 10, Issue 11 (February 2018) , p. 9555-9562, ISSN 1944-8252 |
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