High performance metal-organic-framework coatings obtained via thermal gradient synthesis.
For many possible applications of metal-organic frameworks, a coating onto a metallic support capable of both superior heat and mass transfer is required. A heated substrate in contact with a chilled solution of metal salt and linker reproducibly yields polycrystalline, highly stable, thermally conductive MOF coatings at a growth rate of 50 μm h(-1), illustrated by the formation of Cu(3)(btc)(2) as an example.
Department for Thermally Active Materials and Solar Cooling, Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems, Heidenhofstr. 2, 79110 Freiburg, Germany.
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Jeremias
Stefan K
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Henninger
Christoph
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Janiak