High gas storage capacities and stepwise adsorption in a UiO type metal-organic framework incorporating Lewis basic bipyridyl sites

• Published in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) Vol. 50; no. 18; pp. 2304 - 2307
• Main Authors: Li, Liangjun, Tang, Sifu, Wang, Chao, Lv, Xiaoxia, Jiang, Min, Wu, Huaizhi, Zhao, Xuebo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.01.2014
• Subjects: Adsorption; Carbon capture and storage; Carbon dioxide; Liquids; Metal-organic frameworks; Solvents; Storage capacity; Synthesis

A UiO type MOF with Lewis basic bipyridyl sites was synthesized and structurally characterized. After being activated by Soxhlet-extraction, this MOF exhibits high storage capacities for H2, CH4 and CO2, and shows unusual stepwise adsorption for liquid CO2 and solvents, indicating a sequential filli...