Understanding the breathing phenomena in nano-ZIF-7 upon gas adsorption
Abstract
For this research, synchrotron X-ray diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering measurements have been applied to evaluate the breathing phenomena in small nanocrystals of ZIF-7 upon gas adsorption. The experimental results show that an extended solvent exchange process with methanol is crucial to get a solvent-free narrow pore structure. Under these conditions, nano-ZIF-7 is indeed able to adsorb N2 with a total BET surface area of around 380 m2 g-1, in close agreement with theoretical predictions. The breathing phenomenon upon nitrogen adsorption is accompanied by a phase-to-phase transition, from a narrow-pore (phase II) to a large-pore (phase I) structure and a suppression of the cooperative deformation of the framework involving mainly the flapping motion of the benzimidazolate (bIm) ligand with the 4- and 6-membered rings. Whereas nitrogen requires temperature and pressure conditions close to condensation (close to 1 bar and 77 K) to induce the breathing in ZIF-7, CO2 can do it under milder conditions (at room temperature and low relative pressures). These results reflect that the nature of the adsorptive probe and the gas–framework interactions, rather than the molecular diameter and/or shape, play a crucial role in defining the pressure and temperature conditions required to induce the breathing. Lastly, themore »
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- Universidad de Alicante (Spain). Laboratorio de Materiales Avanzados, Departamento de Quimica Inorganica, Instituto Universitario de Materiales
- CELLS-ALBA Synchrotron, Barcelona (Spain)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Chemical and Engineering Materials Division
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
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- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1422567
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Materials Chemistry. A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 5; Journal Issue: 39; Journal ID: ISSN 2050-7488
- Publisher:
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Cuadrado-Collados, Carlos, Fernández-Català, Javier, Fauth, François, Cheng, Yongqiang Q., Daemen, Luke L., Ramirez-Cuesta, Anibal J., and Silvestre-Albero, Joaquín. Understanding the breathing phenomena in nano-ZIF-7 upon gas adsorption. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1039/C7TA05922A.
Cuadrado-Collados, Carlos, Fernández-Català, Javier, Fauth, François, Cheng, Yongqiang Q., Daemen, Luke L., Ramirez-Cuesta, Anibal J., & Silvestre-Albero, Joaquín. Understanding the breathing phenomena in nano-ZIF-7 upon gas adsorption. United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA05922A
Cuadrado-Collados, Carlos, Fernández-Català, Javier, Fauth, François, Cheng, Yongqiang Q., Daemen, Luke L., Ramirez-Cuesta, Anibal J., and Silvestre-Albero, Joaquín. Mon .
"Understanding the breathing phenomena in nano-ZIF-7 upon gas adsorption". United States. https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA05922A. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1422567.
@article{osti_1422567,
title = {Understanding the breathing phenomena in nano-ZIF-7 upon gas adsorption},
author = {Cuadrado-Collados, Carlos and Fernández-Català, Javier and Fauth, François and Cheng, Yongqiang Q. and Daemen, Luke L. and Ramirez-Cuesta, Anibal J. and Silvestre-Albero, Joaquín},
abstractNote = {For this research, synchrotron X-ray diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering measurements have been applied to evaluate the breathing phenomena in small nanocrystals of ZIF-7 upon gas adsorption. The experimental results show that an extended solvent exchange process with methanol is crucial to get a solvent-free narrow pore structure. Under these conditions, nano-ZIF-7 is indeed able to adsorb N2 with a total BET surface area of around 380 m2 g-1, in close agreement with theoretical predictions. The breathing phenomenon upon nitrogen adsorption is accompanied by a phase-to-phase transition, from a narrow-pore (phase II) to a large-pore (phase I) structure and a suppression of the cooperative deformation of the framework involving mainly the flapping motion of the benzimidazolate (bIm) ligand with the 4- and 6-membered rings. Whereas nitrogen requires temperature and pressure conditions close to condensation (close to 1 bar and 77 K) to induce the breathing in ZIF-7, CO2 can do it under milder conditions (at room temperature and low relative pressures). These results reflect that the nature of the adsorptive probe and the gas–framework interactions, rather than the molecular diameter and/or shape, play a crucial role in defining the pressure and temperature conditions required to induce the breathing. Lastly, the presence of two different cavities in ZIF-7 as suggested by theoretical predictions, one with a window diameter of below 0.4 nm (cavity A) and the other with a pore size of around 0.6 nm (cavity B), has been confirmed experimentally using immersion calorimetry.},
doi = {10.1039/C7TA05922A},
journal = {Journal of Materials Chemistry. A},
number = 39,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Mon Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}
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