The thermally induced decarboxylation mechanism of a mixed-oxidation state carboxylate-based iron metal-organic framework. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Investigations into a thermally generated decarboxylation mechanism for metal site activation and the generation of mesopores in a carboxylate iron-based MOF, PCN-250, have been conducted. PCN-250 exhibits an interesting oxidation state change during thermal treatment under inert atmospheres or vacuum conditions, transitioning from an Fe(iii)3 cluster to a Fe(ii)Fe(iii)2 cluster. To probe this redox event and discern a mechanism of activation, a combination of thermogravimetric analysis, gas sorption, scanning electron microscopy, 57Fe Mssbauer spectroscopy, gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, and X-ray diffraction studies were conducted. The results suggest that the iron-site activation occurs due to ligand decarboxylation above 200 C. This is also consistent with the generation of a missing cluster mesoporous defect in the framework. The resulting mesoporous PCN-250 maintains high thermal stability, preserving crystallinity after multiple consecutive high-temperature regeneration cycles. Additionally, the thermally reduced PCN-250 shows improvements in the total uptake capacity of methane and CO2.

published proceedings

  • Chem Commun (Camb)

altmetric score

  • 1.75

author list (cited authors)

  • Drake, H. F., Day, G. S., Vali, S. W., Xiao, Z., Banerjee, S., Li, J., ... Zhou, H.

citation count

  • 15

complete list of authors

  • Drake, Hannah F||Day, Gregory S||Vali, Shaik Waseem||Xiao, Zhifeng||Banerjee, Sayan||Li, Jialuo||Joseph, Elizabeth A||Kuszynski, Jason E||Perry, Zachary T||Kirchon, Angelo||Ozdemir, Osman K||Lindahl, Paul A||Zhou, Hong-Cai

publication date

  • November 2019