title: Adsorption properties of HKUST-1 toward hydrogen and other small molecules monitored by IR.
abstract: Among microporous systems metal organic frameworks are considered promising materials for molecular adsorption. In this contribution infrared spectroscopy is successfully applied to highlight the positive role played by coordinatively unsaturated Cu2+ ions in HKUST-1, acting as specific interaction sites. A properly activated material, obtained after solvent removal, is characterized by a high fraction of coordinatively unsaturated Cu2+ ions acting as preferential adsorption sites that show specific activities towards some of the most common gaseous species (NO, CO2, CO, N2 and H2). From a temperature dependent IR study, it has been estimated that the H2 adsorption energy is as high as 10 kJ mol(-1). A very complex spectral evolution has been observed upon lowering the temperature. A further peculiarity of this material is the fact that it promotes ortho-para conversion of the adsorbed H2 species.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica IFM and NIS Centre of Excellence, Università di Torino, INSTM UdR Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 7, 10125, Torino, Italy. silvia.bordiga@unito.it
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bordiga
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Regli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bonino
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Groppo
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lamberti
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xiao
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wheatley
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zecchina
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D006859:Hydrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013055:Spectrophotometry, Infrared / Q000379:methods; D013499:Surface Properties; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D003300:Copper; D006859:Hydrogen; D009584:Nitrogen