Issue 6, 2021

Tuneable CO2 binding enthalpies by redox modulation of an electroactive MOF-74 framework

Abstract

The [M2(dobdc)] series of frameworks (also known as MOF-74 and CPO-27, where M2+ = Zn, Mg, for example, and dobdc2− = 4,6-dioxido-1,3-benzenedicarboxylate) have been the subject of enormous interest in respect to their attractive gas adsorption properties that arise from the ultra-high concentration of open metal sites. An interesting prospect with respect to future applications of these materials is the possibility of generating a ‘switchable’ framework in which the guest adsorption can be modulated by virtue of the redox state of the framework. Herein, we report a closely related metal–organic framework (MOF), [Zn2(DSNDI)], where the redox state of the electroactive ligand DSNDI4− (N,N′-bis(4-carboxy-3-hydroxyphenyl)-1,4,5,8-naphthalenetetracarboxydiimide) can be modulated using both in situ and ex situ methods. The material is stable to both chemical and electrochemical reduction of its organic DSNDI units without structural collapse or degradation, and remains porous to N2, H2 and CO2. The chemically reduced frameworks demonstrate notable changes from the parent material, particularly with respect to CO2 binding. The CO2 isosteric heat of adsorption (Qst) increases from 27.9 kJ mol−1 in the neutral material to 43.9 kJ mol−1 after reduction due to enhanced host–guest interactions, the latter being comparable to the best performing member of the MOF-74 series, [Mg2(dobdc)]. The origin of the enhanced interaction was probed using Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations which corroborated the presence of enhanced framework-CO2 interactions for the chemically-reduced MOF. The tuneable CO2 binding character provides an attractive mechanism to tune gas separations and capture.

Graphical abstract: Tuneable CO2 binding enthalpies by redox modulation of an electroactive MOF-74 framework

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
13 Jūl. 2020
Accepted
07 Febr. 2021
First published
08 Febr. 2021
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Mater. Adv., 2021,2, 2112-2119

Tuneable CO2 binding enthalpies by redox modulation of an electroactive MOF-74 framework

P. W. Doheny, R. Babarao, C. J. Kepert and D. M. D’Alessandro, Mater. Adv., 2021, 2, 2112 DOI: 10.1039/D0MA00503G

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