Using sound to synthesize covalent organic frameworks in water

• Published in: Nature Synthesis Vol. 1; no. 1; pp. 87 - 95
• Main Authors: Zhao, Wei, Yan, Peiyao, Yang, Haofan, Bahri, Mounib, James, Alex M, Chen, Hongmei, Liu, Lunjie, Li, Boyu, Pang, Zhongfu, Clowes, Rob, Browning, Nigel D, Ward, John W, Wu, Yue, Cooper, Andrew I
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Acetic acid; Acids; Adsorption; Aldehydes; Aqueous solutions; Cavitation; Covalence; Crystallinity; Fourier transforms; Hydrogen evolution; Investigations; Material properties; Methods; Photocatalysis; Porosity; Solvents; Sonochemical reactions; Synthesis

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are typically synthesized using solvothermal conditions (>120 °C, >72 hours) in harmful organic solvents. Here we report a strategy to rapidly (<60 minutes) synthesize imine-linked COFs in aqueous acetic acid using sonochemistry and thus avoid most of the...