title: Photoswitching CO₂ capture and release in a photochromic diarylethene metal-organic framework.
abstract: We demonstrate herein a promising pathway towards low-energy CO2 capture and release triggered by UV and visible light. A photosensitive diarylethene ligand was used to construct a photochromic diarylethene metal-organic framework (DMOF). A local photochromic reaction originating from the framework movement induced by the photoswitchable diarylethene unit resulted in record CO2-desorption capacity of 75% under static irradiation and 76% under dynamic irradiation.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou, Fujian 350002 (China); College of Biology, Chemistry and Material Science, East China Institute of Technology, Fuzhou, Jiangxi 344000 (China).
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Cong Bin
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Ming Biao
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Xiao Liu
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Shou Zhi
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Pu
authors.forename: Wen-Yuan
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Guo-Cong
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Guo
keywords: carbon dioxide capture/release; diarylethene ligands; metal-organic frameworks; photochromism; photoswitching