One-step construction of two different kinds of pores in a 2D covalent organic framework
Tian-You Zhou1, Shun-Qi Xu, Qiang Wen
1Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Self-Assembly Chemistry for Organic Functional Molecules, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences , 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, China.
Abstract:
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystalline porous materials bearing microporous or mesoporous pores. The type and size of pores play crucial roles in regulating the properties of COFs. In this work, a novel COF, which bears two different kinds of ordered pores with controllable sizes: one within microporous range (7.1 Å) and the other in mesoporous range (26.9 Å), has been constructed via one-step synthesis. The structure of the dual-pore COF was confirmed by PXRD investigation, nitrogen adsorption-desorption study, and theoretical calculations.
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