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Synthesis and Characterization of Functionalized Metal-organic Frameworks
Published on: September 5, 2014
A rapid microwave-assisted synthesis of a sodium-cadmium metal-organic framework having improved performance as a CO2
Carlos Palomino Cabello1, Carlos Otero Arean, José B Parra
1Department of Chemistry, University of the Balearic Islands, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain. g.turnes@uib.es.
Abstract:
We report on a facile and rapid microwave-assisted method for preparing a sodium-cadmium metal-organic framework (having coordinatively unsaturated sodium ions) that considerably shortens the conventional synthesis time from 5 days to 1 hour. The obtained (Na,Cd)-MOF showed an excellent volumetric CO2 adsorption capacity (5.2 mmol cm(-3) at 298 K and 1 bar) and better CO2 adsorption properties than those shown by the same metal-organic framework when synthesized following a more conventional procedure. Moreover, the newly prepared material was found to display high selectivity for adsorption of carbon dioxide over nitrogen, and good regenerability and stability during repeated CO2 adsorption-desorption cycles, which are the required properties for any adsorbent intended for carbon dioxide capture and sequestration (CSS) from the post-combustion flue gas of fossil fuelled power stations.
