Controllable formation of meso- and macropores within metal-organic framework crystals: Via a citric acid modulator

Ting Liu; Yongxin Liu; Lili Yao; Wenxiu Yang; Long Tian; Huiling Liu; Dan Liu; Cheng Wang

doi:10.1039/c8nr02896f

Controllable formation of meso- and macropores within metal-organic framework crystals: Via a citric acid modulator

Ting Liu, Yongxin Liu, Lili Yao, Wenxiu Yang, Long Tian, Huiling Liu, Dan Liu, Cheng Wang^*

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Abstract

Citric acid (CA) is introduced to modulate the synthesis of octahedral HKUST-1 (also known as Cu₃(BTC)₂, BTC = benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylate) particles with hierarchical micro, meso- and/or macropores (noted as HP-HKUST-1 particles) under mild conditions. The particle size of the resultant product could be tuned from 300 nm to 2.4 μm by varying the amount of CA added, solvents, reaction time and so on. The intrinsic microporous structure of HKUST-1 is maintained despite the strong chelation capability of CA towards Cu²⁺ while the larger pores' size is in the range of 30 to 100 nm. The possible formation mechanism of these octahedral HP-HKUST-1 particles is proposed on the basis of our systematic investigations. The resulting micrometer HP-HKUST-1 particle is employed to encapsulate phosphomolybdic acid hydrate (HPMo), a catalyst for the methanolysis of styrene oxide. After encapsulation, a superior catalytic activity with a high conversion rate (99.6%) is achieved when the reaction is carried out at 40 °C for 20 min.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13194-13201
Number of pages	8
Journal	Nanoscale
Volume	10
Issue number	27
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1039/c8nr02896f
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

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