Zn-BTC MOFs with active metal sites synthesized via a structure-directing approach for highly efficient carbon conversion

Xianqiang Huang; Yifa Chen; Zhengguo Lin; Xiaoqian Ren; Yuna Song; Zhenzhu Xu; Xinmei Dong; Xingguo Li; Changwen Hu; Bo Wang

doi:10.1039/c3cc49187k

Zn-BTC MOFs with active metal sites synthesized via a structure-directing approach for highly efficient carbon conversion

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Mar 11;50(20):2624-7. doi: 10.1039/c3cc49187k.

Authors

Xianqiang Huang¹, Yifa Chen, Zhengguo Lin, Xiaoqian Ren, Yuna Song, Zhenzhu Xu, Xinmei Dong, Xingguo Li, Changwen Hu, Bo Wang

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education School of Chemistry, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, P. R. China. bowang@bit.edu.cn cwhu@bit.edu.cn dongxinmei@gmail.com.

PMID: 24468790
DOI: 10.1039/c3cc49187k

Abstract

Three zinc-trimesic acid (Zn-BTC) MOFs, BIT-101, BIT-102 and BIT-103, have been synthesized via a structure-directing strategy. Interestingly, BIT-102 and -103 exhibit extraordinary catalytic performance (up to Conv. 100% and Sele. 95.2%) in the cycloaddition of CO2 under solvent- and halogen-free conditions without any additives or co-catalysts.