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Title: Kinetics and Mechanisms of ZnO to ZIF‐8 Transformations in Supercritical CO 2 Revealed by In Situ X‐ray Diffraction

Abstract

Abstract ZIF‐8 was synthesized in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2 ). In situ powder X‐ray diffraction, ex situ microscopy, and simulations provide an encompassing view of the formation of ZIF‐8 and intermediary ZnO@ZIF‐8 composites in this nontraditional solvent. Time‐resolved imaging exposed divergent physicochemical reaction pathways from previous studies of the growth of anisotropic ZIF‐8 core@shell structures in traditional solvents. Synthetically relevant physiochemical properties of scCO 2 were integrated into classical nucleation theory, relating interfacial forces, calculated through DFTB+ based molecular dynamics (MD), with 3D nucleation outcomes. The kinetics of crystallization were examined and displayed a characteristic signature of time‐ and temperature‐dependent mechanisms over the extent of the reaction. Lastly, it is shown that subtle factors, such as the extent of reaction and the size/shape of sacrificial templates can tailor ZIF‐8 composition and size, eliciting control over hierarchical porosity in a nonconventional green solvent.

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ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [4];  [5]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Physical and Computational Science Directorate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Richland Washington 99352 USA
  2. Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Richland Washington 99352 USA
  3. Physical and Computational Science Directorate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Richland Washington 99352 USA, Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Richland Washington 99352 USA
  4. Energy and Environment Directorate Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Richland Washington 99352 USA
  5. Key Laboratory of Eco-Chemical Engineering College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Qingdao University of Science and Technology Qingdao 266042 P. R. China
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ChemSusChem
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Journal Name: ChemSusChem Journal Volume: 13 Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1864-5631
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Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
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Germany
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English

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Sinnwell, Michael A., Miller, Quin R. S., Liu, Lili, Tao, Jinhui, Bowden, Mark E., Kovarik, Libor, Barpaga, Dushyant, Han, Yi, Kishan Motkuri, Radha, Sushko, Maria L., Schaef, Herbert T., and Thallapally, Praveen K. Kinetics and Mechanisms of ZnO to ZIF‐8 Transformations in Supercritical CO 2 Revealed by In Situ X‐ray Diffraction. Germany: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/cssc.202000434.
Sinnwell, Michael A., Miller, Quin R. S., Liu, Lili, Tao, Jinhui, Bowden, Mark E., Kovarik, Libor, Barpaga, Dushyant, Han, Yi, Kishan Motkuri, Radha, Sushko, Maria L., Schaef, Herbert T., & Thallapally, Praveen K. Kinetics and Mechanisms of ZnO to ZIF‐8 Transformations in Supercritical CO 2 Revealed by In Situ X‐ray Diffraction. Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202000434
Sinnwell, Michael A., Miller, Quin R. S., Liu, Lili, Tao, Jinhui, Bowden, Mark E., Kovarik, Libor, Barpaga, Dushyant, Han, Yi, Kishan Motkuri, Radha, Sushko, Maria L., Schaef, Herbert T., and Thallapally, Praveen K. Thu . "Kinetics and Mechanisms of ZnO to ZIF‐8 Transformations in Supercritical CO 2 Revealed by In Situ X‐ray Diffraction". Germany. https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.202000434.
@article{osti_1617543,
title = {Kinetics and Mechanisms of ZnO to ZIF‐8 Transformations in Supercritical CO 2 Revealed by In Situ X‐ray Diffraction},
author = {Sinnwell, Michael A. and Miller, Quin R. S. and Liu, Lili and Tao, Jinhui and Bowden, Mark E. and Kovarik, Libor and Barpaga, Dushyant and Han, Yi and Kishan Motkuri, Radha and Sushko, Maria L. and Schaef, Herbert T. and Thallapally, Praveen K.},
abstractNote = {Abstract ZIF‐8 was synthesized in supercritical carbon dioxide (scCO 2 ). In situ powder X‐ray diffraction, ex situ microscopy, and simulations provide an encompassing view of the formation of ZIF‐8 and intermediary ZnO@ZIF‐8 composites in this nontraditional solvent. Time‐resolved imaging exposed divergent physicochemical reaction pathways from previous studies of the growth of anisotropic ZIF‐8 core@shell structures in traditional solvents. Synthetically relevant physiochemical properties of scCO 2 were integrated into classical nucleation theory, relating interfacial forces, calculated through DFTB+ based molecular dynamics (MD), with 3D nucleation outcomes. The kinetics of crystallization were examined and displayed a characteristic signature of time‐ and temperature‐dependent mechanisms over the extent of the reaction. Lastly, it is shown that subtle factors, such as the extent of reaction and the size/shape of sacrificial templates can tailor ZIF‐8 composition and size, eliciting control over hierarchical porosity in a nonconventional green solvent.},
doi = {10.1002/cssc.202000434},
journal = {ChemSusChem},
number = 10,
volume = 13,
place = {Germany},
year = {Thu May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Thu May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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