Issue 9, 2009

Pd@MOF-5: limitations of gas-phase infiltration and solution impregnation of [Zn4O(bdc)3] (MOF-5) with metal–organic palladium precursors for loading with Pdnanoparticles

Abstract

The limitations of the loading of the porous metal–organic framework [Zn4O(bdc)3] (bdc = benzene-1,4-dicarboxylate; MOF-5 or IRMOF-1) with Pd nanoparticles was investigated. First, the volatile organometallic precursor [Pd(η5-C5H5)(η3-C3H5)] was employed to get the inclusion compound [Pd(η5-C5H5)(η3-C3H5)]x@MOF-5 via gas-phase infiltration at 10−3 mbar. A loading of four molecules of [Pd(η5-C5H5)(η3-C3H5)] per formula unit of MOF-5 (x = 4) can be reached (35 wt.% Pd). Second, the metal–organic precursor [Pd(acac)2] (acac = 2,4-pentanedionate) was used and the inclusion materials [Pd(acac)2]x@MOF-5 of different Pd loadings were obtained by incipient wetness infiltration. However, the maximum loading was lower as compared with the former case with about two precursor molecules per formula unit of MOF-5. Both loading routes are suitable for the synthesis of Pd nanoparticles inside the porous host matrix. Homogeneously distributed nanoparticles with diameter of 2.4(±0.2) nm can be achieved by photolysis of the inclusion compounds [Pd(η5-C5H5)(η3-C3H5)]x@MOF-5 (x ≤ 4), while the hydrogenolysis of [Pd(acac)2]x@MOF-5 (x ≤ 2) leads to a mixture of small particles inside the network (< 3 nm) and large Pd agglomerates (∼40 nm) on the outer surface of the MOF-5 specimens. The pure Pdx@MOF-5 materials proved to be stable under hydrogen pressure (2 bar) at 150 °C over many hours. Neither hydrogenation of the bdc linkers nor particle growth was observed. The new composite materials were characterized by 1H/13C-MAS-NMR, powder XRD, ICP-AES, FT-IR, N2 sorption measurements and high resolution TEM. Raising the Pd loading of a representative sample Pd4@MOF-5 (35 wt.% Pd) by using [Pd(η5-C5H5)(η3-C3H5)] as precursor in a second cycle of gas-phase infiltration and photolysis was accompanied by the collapse of the long-range crystalline order of the MOF.

Graphical abstract: Pd@MOF-5: limitations of gas-phase infiltration and solution impregnation of [Zn4O(bdc)3] (MOF-5) with metal–organic palladium precursors for loading with Pd nanoparticles

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
15 Sep 2008
Accepted
25 Nov 2008
First published
22 Jan 2009

J. Mater. Chem., 2009,19, 1314-1319

Pd@MOF-5: limitations of gas-phase infiltration and solution impregnation of [Zn4O(bdc)3] (MOF-5) with metal–organic palladium precursors for loading with Pd nanoparticles

D. Esken, X. Zhang, O. I. Lebedev, F. Schröder and R. A. Fischer, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 1314 DOI: 10.1039/B815977G

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