CO2 storage capacity of two mixed-ligands Metal-Organic Frameworks

The preparation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has attracted a great deal of interests for their diverse topology frameworks as well as their potential applications in the field of gas storage, ion exchange, catalysis, chemical sensor and separation. Metal-organic frameworks, especially one contains N ligands, can be used as a CO2 storage material because of their highly surface area and active sites. Two MOFs [Co(4,4’-bipy)(1,3-BDC)]n and [Mn(4,4’-bipy)(1,3-BDC)]n (namely CoMOF and MnMOF) have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. Benzene-polycarboxylate acid and bipyridine are employed as the bridging ligands in the frameworks. They were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, powder XRD, elemental analysis, TGA and IR spectra.The preparation of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) has attracted a great deal of interests for their diverse topology frameworks as well as their potential applications in the field of gas storage, ion exchange, catalysis, chemical sensor and separation. Metal-organic frameworks, especially one contains N ligands, can be used as a CO2 storage material because of their highly surface area and active sites. Two MOFs [Co(4,4’-bipy)(1,3-BDC)]n and [Mn(4,4’-bipy)(1,3-BDC)]n (namely CoMOF and MnMOF) have been synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. Benzene-polycarboxylate acid and bipyridine are employed as the bridging ligands in the frameworks. They were characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis, powder XRD, elemental analysis, TGA and IR spectra