Specific K+ Binding Sites as CO2 Traps in a Porous MOF for Enhanced CO2 Selective Sorption

• Published in: Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) Vol. 15; no. 22; pp. e1900426 - n/a
• Main Authors: Li, Na, Chang, Ze, Huang, Hongliang, Feng, Rui, He, Wei‐Wei, Zhong, Ming, Madden, David G., Zaworotko, Michael J., Bu, Xian‐He
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Weinheim Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.05.2019
• Subjects: Affinity; Alkali metals; Binding sites; Carbon dioxide; Cations; CO2 capture; Cobalt; Gas separation; Hydrocarbons; K+ doping; Metal-organic frameworks; metal–organic framework; Nanotechnology; porous materials; Sorbents; Sorption; Structural analysis; Tetrazoles

Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) can be fine‐tuned to boost sorbent‐sorbate interactions in order to improve gas sorption and separation performance, but the design of MOFs with ideal structural features for gas separation applications remains a challenge. Herein it is reported that unsaturated alkal...