1. Balancing the Crystallinity and Film Formation of Metal–Organic Framework Membranes through In Situ Modulation for Efficient Gas Separation.
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Liu, Yutao, Chen, Hui, Li, Tong, Ren, Yongheng, Wang, Hui, Song, Zhengxuan, Li, Jianhui, Zhao, Qiang, Li, Jinping, and Li, Libo
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METAL-organic frameworks ,CRYSTALLINITY ,SEPARATION of gases ,GAS separation membranes ,MOLECULAR sieves ,MONOCARBOXYLIC acids ,CARBON dioxide adsorption - Abstract
Polycrystalline metal–organic framework (MOF) layers hold great promise as molecular sieve membranes for efficient gas separation. Nevertheless, the high crystallinity tends to cause inter‐crystalline defects/cracks in the nearby crystals, which makes crystalline porous materials face a great challenge in the fabrication of defect‐free membranes. Herein, for the first time, we demonstrate the balance between crystallinity and film formation of MOF membrane through a facile in situ modulation strategy. Monocarboxylic acid was introduced as a modulator to regulate the crystallinity via competitive complexation and thus concomitantly control the film‐forming state during membrane growth. Through adjusting the ratio of modulator acid/linker acid, an appropriate balance between this structural "trade‐off" was achieved. The resulting MOF membrane with moderate crystallinity and coherent morphology exhibits molecular sieving for H2/CO2 separation with selectivity up to 82.5. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023
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