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Title: An experimental and computational study of CO 2 adsorption in the sodalite-type M-BTT (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu) metal–organic frameworks featuring open metal sites

Journal Article · · Chemical Science
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/C8SC00971F· OSTI ID:1435854
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  1. Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland
  2. Institute of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California
  3. Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
  4. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, USA
  5. Canadian Neutron Beam Centre, National Research Council, Chalk River Laboratories, Canada
  6. Department of Chemistry, University of South Dakota, USA
  7. Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Department of Chemistry
  8. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Center for Neutron Research, Gaithersburg, USA, Department of Chemical Engineering

We present a comprehensive investigation of the CO2 adsorption properties of an isostructural series of metal-organic frameworks, M-BTT (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, Cu; BTT3-= 1,3,5-benzenetristetrazolate), which exhibit a high density of open metal sites capable of polarizing and binding guest molecules. Coupling gas adsorption measurements with in situ neutron and X-ray diffraction experiments provides molecular-level insight into the adsorption process and enables rationalization of the observed adsorption isotherms. In particular, structural data confirms that the high initial isosteric heats of CO2 adsorption for the series are directly correlated with the presence of open metal sites and further reveals the positions and orientations of as many as three additional adsorption sites. Density functional theory calculations that include van der Waals dispersion corrections quantitatively support the observed structural features associated with the primary and secondary CO2 binding sites, including CO2 positions and orientations, as well as the experimentally determined isosteric heats of CO2 adsorption.The work provides molecular level insight into the CO2adsorption properties of an isostructural series of MOFs, known as M-BTT.

Research Organization:
Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Gas Separations Relevant to Clean Energy Technologies (CGS); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0001015; AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1435854
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1465423
Journal Information:
Chemical Science, Journal Name: Chemical Science Vol. 9 Journal Issue: 20; ISSN 2041-6520
Publisher:
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 39 works
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