Facile Fabricating Hierarchically Porous Metal-Organic Frameworks via a Template-Free Strategy

Yu Cao, Yali Ma, Tao Wang, Xue Wang, Qisheng Huo, Yunling Liu

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Abstract

Tunable Cu-BTC mesoporous metal-organic frameworks (mesoMOFs) are prepared conveniently through a template-free strategy under solvothermal conditions. Nanosized microporous Cu-BTC particles pack to form mesopores with sizes that can be controlled (26-72 nm) by simply varying the synthesis temperature. This template-free and controllable strategy can be applied using other organic solvents to obtain mesoMOF materials that possess similar tunable mesopores. Furthermore, the as-synthesized hierarchically porous MOFs materials are demonstrated as the electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction under mild conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)504-510
Number of pages7
JournalCrystal Growth and Design
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 6 2016
Externally publishedYes

Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 21171064, 21371067, and 21373095). The authors would like to thank Jacilynn Brant for helpful discussions.

FundersFunder number
National Natural Science Foundation of China21371067, 21171064, 21373095

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