Issue 11, 2020

Single crystal structure and photocatalytic behavior of grafted uranyl on the Zr-node of a pyrene-based metal–organic framework

Abstract

Accurately characterizing actinide oxides bound to metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) is important for designing MOFs as radioactive waste sorbents and catalytic supports. In this work, the zirconium MOF NU-1000 was post-synthetically modified through solvothermal deposition to include the uranyl (UO22+) ion and characterized via single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Bond lengths derived from the diffraction pattern and Raman spectroscopy indicate that UO22+ maintains its chemical properties upon deposition, while alcohol oxidation photocatalysis reveals photo-interactions between the pyrene linkers and the UO22+ ion.

Graphical abstract: Single crystal structure and photocatalytic behavior of grafted uranyl on the Zr-node of a pyrene-based metal–organic framework

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
30 12 2019
Accepted
21 2 2020
First published
28 2 2020

CrystEngComm, 2020,22, 2097-2102

Author version available

Single crystal structure and photocatalytic behavior of grafted uranyl on the Zr-node of a pyrene-based metal–organic framework

J. G. Knapp, X. Zhang, T. Elkin, L. E. Wolfsberg, S. L. Hanna, F. A. Son, B. L. Scott and O. K. Farha, CrystEngComm, 2020, 22, 2097 DOI: 10.1039/C9CE02034A

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