Porous metal-organic frameworks based on an anthracene derivative: syntheses, structure analysis, and hydrogen sorption studies. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Solvothermal assembly of 5,5'-(9,10-anthracenediyl)di-isophthalate (H(4)adip) with in situ-generated dicopper and diiron paddlewheel secondary building units (SBUs) afforded two porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), designated as PCN-14 and PCN-15, respectively. The two MOFs crystallize in different structures, characterized by a difference in the dihedral angles between the anthracene and the phenyl rings of the adip ligand. PCN-14 retains permanent porosity under dehydration and contains nanoscopic cages while PCN-15 contains only one-dimensional hexagonal channels along the (0 0 1) direction which require solvent stabilization. The aromaticity of the anthracene rings of the adip ligand in conjunction with the nanoscopic cages grants PCN-14 high excess hydrogen adsorption capacity of 2.70 wt % at 77 K, 760 Torr (4.42 wt % at saturation), as well as high hydrogen affinity of 8.6 kJ/mol at low H(2) coverage. These values are compared to other tetracarboxylate-derived MOFs to better understand the role of the aromatic rings in hydrogen adsorption.

published proceedings

  • Inorg Chem

altmetric score

  • 3

author list (cited authors)

  • Ma, S., Simmons, J. M., Sun, D., Yuan, D., & Zhou, H.

citation count

  • 78

complete list of authors

  • Ma, Shengqian||Simmons, Jason M||Sun, Daofeng||Yuan, Daqiang||Zhou, Hong-Cai

publication date

  • June 2009