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Area of Science:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemistry
  • Nanotechnology

Background:

  • Metal trimers are key building blocks in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs).
  • Heterometallic trimers offer tunable properties but are underexplored in the partitioned acs (pacs) platform, especially isovalent and mixed isovalent-heterovalent combinations.
  • Current pacs heterometallic systems are mainly limited to charge-complementary (2+/3+) combinations.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To synthesize and characterize new pacs MOFs with novel heterometallic trimer compositions (2+/2+ and 2+/2+/3+).
  • To explore the potential of underexplored isovalent and mixed isovalent-heterovalent metal combinations in pacs.
  • To investigate the functional versatility of these new materials in gas separation and electrocatalysis.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of ten new pacs MOFs using Co, Ni, V, Fe, and In with specific ligands (L1 and L2).
  • Characterization of uniform metal ion incorporation using Energy-Dispersive X-ray (EDS) mapping.
  • Evaluation of gas separation selectivity (C2H2/CO2) and electrocatalytic oxygen evolution reaction (OER) activity.

Main Results:

  • Successful synthesis of pacs frameworks incorporating 2+/2+ and 2+/2+/3+ trimers, including unprecedented CoNiV and CoNiIn compositions.
  • Demonstrated uniform incorporation of diverse metal ions within the same crystal structures.
  • Achieved high C2H2/CO2 separation selectivity (23.8 at 298 K, 1 bar) and notable electrocatalytic OER activity.

Conclusions:

  • Heterometallic trimers in the pacs platform provide a versatile route to novel MOF compositions and tunable properties.
  • Compositional tuning of trimers significantly impacts catalytic performance, highlighting their potential for advanced applications.
  • These new materials showcase dual functionality in gas separation and electrocatalysis, driven by precise structural control.