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Multicomponent metal-organic framework derivatives for optimizing the selective catalytic performance of styrene
Junfeng Hui1, Huimin Chu, Wenlei Zhang
1Shaanxi Key Laboratory of Degradable Biomedical Materials, Shaanxi R&D Center of Biomaterials and Fermentation Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069, Shaanxi, PR China. fandaidi@nwu.edu.cn.
Abstract:
Multicomponent metal-organic framework (MOF) derivatives have attracted strong interest in energy and environmental fields. However, most of the papers focus on single MOF derivatives; reports on multicomponent MOF derivatives and their catalytic studies are relatively few. Here, we report an easy-to-operate strategy to obtain multicomponent MOF derivatives by treating multicomponent MOFs under a suitable gas atmosphere and at high temperature. We used ZIF-67 as a template to introduce Zn and successfully obtained multicomponent MOFs. After carbonization, the multicomponent MOF derivatives with Co and CoO nanoparticles exhibit higher conversion of styrene (≈99%), higher selectivity (≈70%) and better stability compared to MOFs and single component MOF derivatives.
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