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Positional Installation of Unsymmetrical Fluorine Functionalities onto Metal-Organic Frameworks for Efficient Carbon
Seongwoo Kim1, Tae-Ung Yoon2, Kwang Hyun Oh2
1Department of Chemistry, Chungbuk National University, 1 Chungdae-ro, Seowon-gu, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea.
Inorganic Chemistry
|December 7, 2020
Abstract:
Unsymmetrical trifluoro functional groups were installed onto metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) at positions regulated by ligand exchange for efficient CO2 separation under humid conditions. These trifluoro groups induced molecular separation via dipole-dipole interactions. Their installation onto amino-functionalized MOF surfaces produced hydrophobic and CO2-philic core-shell MOFs for efficient CO2 adsorption.

