Finely Controlled Stepwise Engineering of Pore Environments and Mechanistic Elucidation of Water-Stable, Flexible 2D Porous Coordination Polymers

Haijun Wang, Haifei Cao, Jia Jia Zheng, Simon Mathew, Nobuhiko Hosono, Bihang Zhou, Hongliang Lyu, Shinpei Kusaka, Wanqin Jin, Susumu Kitagawa, Jingui Duan

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Abstract

Two porous coordination polymers (PCPs) with different topologies (NTU-19: sql and NTU-20: dia) underwent finely controlled, stepwise crystal conversions to yield a common water-stable, flexible 2D framework (NTU-22: kgm). The crystal conversions occurred directly at higher temperature via the 3D intermediate (NTU-21: nbo), which could be observed at lower temperature. The successful isolation of the intermediate product of NTU-21, characterization with in situ PXRD and UV/Vis spectra were combined with DFT calculations to allow an understanding of the dynamic processes at the atomic level. Remarkably, breakthrough experiments demonstrate NTU-22 with integral structural properties allowed significant CO2/CH4 mixture separation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)6412-6417
Number of pages6
JournalChemistry - A European Journal
Volume24
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Apr 2018

Keywords

  • coordination modes
  • gas separation
  • mechanisms
  • polymers
  • solid-state structures
  • structure elucidation

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