A bracket approach to improve the stability and gas sorption performance of a metal-organic framework via in situ incorporating the size-matching molecular building blocks.
Incorporating the in situ formed size-matching molecular building blocks (MBBs) into the open channels will remarkably improve the robustness and gas sorption performance of an evacuated metal-organic framework. As a result, such MBBs can transfer the open metal sites from the framework walls to the channel centers and separate the large channels into multiple smaller voids, leading to a molecular sieving effect and high-performance gas-separation of the modified material.
Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, P. R. China. chunsenliu@zzuli.edu.cn dumiao@public.tpt.tj.cn.
Di-Ming
DM
Chen
Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, P. R. China. chunsenliu@zzuli.edu.cn dumiao@public.tpt.tj.cn.
Jia-Yue
JY
Tian
Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, P. R. China. chunsenliu@zzuli.edu.cn dumiao@public.tpt.tj.cn.
Chun-Sen
CS
Liu
Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Surface & Interface Science, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou 450002, P. R. China. chunsenliu@zzuli.edu.cn dumiao@public.tpt.tj.cn.
Miao
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Du