Adsorption on Mesoporous Metal–Organic Frameworks in Solution: Aromatic and Heterocyclic Compounds

Adsorption and desorption play major roles in separations, purification of water, waste streams, liquid fuels, catalysis, biomedicine and chromatography. Mesoporous metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) with pore sizes 2–50 nm are particularly suitable for adsorption of organic compounds in solution. Tens of thousands of aromatic and heterocyclic compounds are major components of liquid fuels, feedstock for industrial synthesis, solvents, dyestuffs, agricultural chemicals, medicinal drugs, food additives, and so forth. This Review provides a systematization and analysis of studies on adsorption/desorption on mesoporous MOFs in solution and their underlying chemical mechanisms. The (in)stability of mesoporous MOFs in water is critically discussed. Adsorption capacity and selectivity are covered for organic dyes, medicinal drugs, major components of liquid fuels, and miscellaneous industrial chemicals. Ionic interactions, Brønsted acid–base interactions, hydrogen bonding, coordination bonding, π–π interactions, and non‐specific interactions are covered amongst adsorption mechanisms. The effects of post‐synthetic modifications of mesoporous MOFs on their stability, adsorption capacity, selectivity, and mechanisms of adsorption and desorption are analyzed. To encourage research in this quickly growing field, we identify “niches” for which no application‐oriented and/or mechanistic studies were reported. Perspectives and limitations of a wide use of mesoporous MOFs as industrial sorbents are discussed.     

Cyclotetrabenzoin: Facile Synthesis of a Shape‐Persistent Molecular Square and Its Assembly into Hydrogen‐Bonded Nanotubes

Cyanide‐catalyzed benzoin condensation of terephthaldehyde produces a cyclic tetramer, which we propose to name cyclotetrabenzoin. Cyclotetrabenzoin is a square‐shaped macrocycle ornamented with four α‐hydroxyketone functionalities pointing away from the central cavity, the dimensions of which are 6.9×6.9 Å. In the solid state, these functional groups extensively hydrogen bond, resulting in a microporous three‐dimensional organic framework with one‐dimensional nanotube channels. This material exhibits permanent—albeit low‐porosity, with a Langmuir surface area of 52 m² g^?1. Cyclotetrabenzoin’s easy and inexpensive synthesis and purification may inspire the creation of other shape‐persistent macrocycles and porous molecular crystals by benzoin condensation.     

界面扩张流变法研究C12mimBr对Gemini12-2-12在空气/水界面聚集行为的影响

采用界面扩张流变技术研究了季铵盐偶联表面活性剂C₁₂-(CH₂)₂-C₁₂·2Br (Gemini12-2-12)及其与离子液体表面活性剂溴化1-十二烷基-3-甲基咪唑(C₁₂mimBr)复配体系的动态界面张力、扩张流变性质和界面弛豫过程等, 探讨了C₁₂mimBr 对C₁₂mimBr/Gemini12-2-12 混合体系界面性质的影响及C₁₂mimBr 对Gemini12-2-12界面聚集行为影响的机制. 结果表明, 随着离子液体表面活性剂的不断引入, 体系界面吸附达到平衡所需的时间逐渐缩短, 扩张模量和相角明显降低, 界面吸附膜由粘弹性膜转变为近似纯弹性膜; 同时, 界面及其附近的弛豫过程也发生显著变化, 慢弛豫过程消失, 快弛豫过程占主导地位, 且离子液体浓度越高, 快弛豫的贡献越大. 这些界面性质的变化主要归因于离子液体表面活性剂C₁₂mimBr参与界面形成及两表面活性剂在界面竞争吸附的结果. 少量离子液体表面活性剂C₁₂mimBr 的加入可以填补疏松的Gemini12-2-12 界面上的空位, 形成混合界面吸附膜. 随着C₁₂mimBr 含量的增加, 嵌入界面的C₁₂mimBr 分子数不断增多, 导致界面上相互缠绕的Gemini12-2-12烷基链“解缠”, 在体相和界面分子扩散交换的过程中“解缠”的Gemini12-2-12分子从界面上解吸回到体相, 与此同时, C₁₂mimBr 分子相对较小的空间位阻及较强的疏水作用促使其优先扩散至界面进而取代Gemini12-2-12分子, 最终界面几乎完全被C₁₂mimBr分子所占据.     

功能化的石墨烯和磁铁掺杂的还原氧化石墨烯对亚甲基蓝的吸附作用

用简单可行的方法合成了功能化的石墨烯(GNSPF6)和磁铁掺杂的还原氧化石墨烯(RGO-Fe3O4),并进一步研究了pH值、接触的时间和温度对它们吸附亚甲基蓝(MB)的影响.结果表明,随着pH值和温度的增加其吸附量也随之变大,从而说明该吸附过程是自发吸热的.因为GNSPF6的吸附过程只用了不到20min的时间,所以它的吸附是高效的.用经典的准一级反应、准二级反应和粒内扩散模型对其吸附过程进行动态分析,从结果可以发现,准二级动力学模型比准一级动力学模型更适用于描述吸附过程.采用传统的Langmuir,Freundlich和L-F吸附等温线模型来模拟分析数据,在20℃时,由Langmuir吸附等温线模型模拟分析得知GNSPF6和RGO-Fe3O4对MB的最大吸附量分别为374.4和118.4mg/g.     

ZnCr双金属层状材料对废水中酸性红14的吸附性能

采用共沉淀法制备性能优异的层状材料锌铬水滑石(Zn_xCr-LDHs, x=2, 3, 4), 并探究各种因素对吸附酸性红14(AR14)的影响。XRD、ICP、FTIR及BET表征结果表明:合成的Zn_xCr-LDHs晶型良好且稳定, 具备介孔结构。实验结果表明:最佳吸附剂为Zn₃Cr-LDHs, 比表面积为101 m²·g^-1, 对AR14的最大吸附容量为484.63 mg·g^-1。同时, 降低溶液pH值和提高溶液温度均可促进AR14的吸附。该吸附过程分别符合准二级动力学模型和Freundlich等温吸附模型。结合Materials Studio 5.5软件模拟, 推测该吸附机理主要以表面吸附为主, -SO₃^-基团是反应点。     

多壁碳纳米管/聚丙烯酸/MOF-5的制备及其N_2吸附性能

用化学修饰法制备出复合物多壁碳纳米管/聚丙烯酸(MWCNTs/PAA),用溶剂热法合成Zn4O(1,4-benzenedicarboxylate)3(MOF-5)和MWCNTs/PAA/MOF-5。通过XRD、FTIR、TG、HRTEM和比表面积和孔隙度分析仪对MWCNTs,MOF-5,MWCNTs/PAA和MWCNTs/PAA/MOF-5的结构和性质进行表征。结果表明:复合材料MWCNTs/PAA中PAA包覆在碳纳米管外壁上,含量为4.3%,在FTIR中有PAA特征官能团的吸收峰;MWCNTs/PAA/MOF-5和MOF-5的形貌一样,MWCNTs/PAA/MOF-5的热分解温度比MOF-5的提高了49℃;MOF-5和MWCNTs/PAA/MOF-5的N2吸附曲线为Ⅰ型,77 K和100 k Pa条件下,N2的吸附量达到最大值,分别为265、299.03 cm3·g-1。     

离子印迹介孔材料制备及其吸附重金属的应用

离子印迹介孔材料具有吸附容量高、吸附选择性和骨架稳定等特点,在吸附分离领域有着广泛的应用前景。本文总结了目前离子印迹介孔材料的制备方法,阐述了分步合成法及一步合成法的各自特点;着重介绍了该材料在对重金属吸附和分离领域的研究与应用情况;简要说明了离子印迹介孔材料对重金属离子的吸附机理;并提出了离子印迹介孔材料在制备与应用中存在的问题。     

配体保护下的Au_(20)团簇吸附和活化CO的理论研究

用密度泛函理论方法计算了CO分子吸附在有机配体聚乙烯吡咯烷酮poly(N-vinyl-2-pyrrolidone)(PVP)保护下的Au20团簇上的稳定构型的结构和性质。配体PVP通过物理吸附主要作用于Au20团簇的顶点位置。与Au20比较,配体的存在有利于CO的吸附和活化,其根本原因是PVP和CO在Au20表面分别作为供电子和吸电子基团产生的协同效应。中性及阴离子Au20团簇对配体和CO的吸附强度不同,前者对PVP吸附作用较强,后者对CO的吸附和活化作用较强。     

Two‐Dimensional Covalent Organic Frameworks for Carbon Dioxide Capture through Channel‐Wall Functionalization

Ordered open channels found in two‐dimensional covalent organic frameworks (2D COFs) could enable them to adsorb carbon dioxide. However, the frameworks’ dense layer architecture results in low porosity that has thus far restricted their potential for carbon dioxide adsorption. Here we report a strategy for converting a conventional 2D COF into an outstanding platform for carbon dioxide capture through channel‐wall functionalization. The dense layer structure enables the dense integration of functional groups on the channel walls, creating a new version of COFs with high capacity, reusability, selectivity, and separation productivity for flue gas. These results suggest that channel‐wall functional engineering could be a facile and powerful strategy to develop 2D COFs for high‐performance gas storage and separation.     

High Ethene/Ethane Selectivity in 2,2′‐Bipyridine‐Based Silver(I) Complexes by Removal of Coordinated Solvent

Following removal of coordinated CH₃CN, the resulting complexes [Ag^I(2,2′‐bipyridine)][BF₄] ( 1 ) and [Ag^I(6,6′‐dimethyl‐2,2′‐bipyridine)][OTf] ( 2 ) show ethene/ethane sorption selectivities of 390 and 340, respectively, and corresponding ethene sorption capacities of 2.38 and 2.18 mmol g^?1 when tested at an applied gas pressure of 90 kPa and a temperature of (20±1) °C. These ethene/ethane selectivities are 13 times higher than those reported for known solid sorbents for ethene/ethane separation. For 2 , ethene sorption reached 90 % of equilibrium capacity within 15 minutes, and this equilibrium capacity was maintained over the three sorption/desorption cycles tested. The rates of ethene sorption were also measured. To our knowledge, these are the first complexes, designed for olefin/paraffin separations, which have open silver(I) sites. The high selectivities arise from these open silver(I) sites and the relatively low molecular surface areas of the complexes.