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Surface Functionalization of Metal-Organic Frameworks for Improved Moisture Resistance
Published on: September 5, 2018
Construction of Unsaturated Coordinated Cu-Metal-Organic Frameworks for Iodine Adsorption
Maochun Zhu1, Siyue Wang1, Ange Zhang1
1Key Laboratory of Polyoxometalate and Reticular Material Chemistry of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, P. R. China.
Abstract:
Radioactive iodine from nuclear energy poses serious risks to aquatic environments, driving the need for efficient adsorbents for nuclear wastewater treatment. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown promise in iodine capture due to their tunable pores and functional surfaces. In this work, three copper-triazolate-based MOFs with unsaturated coordination (CuCl2(TRZ) for 1, Cu4OCl3(TRZ)3 for 2, Cu3HOCl2(TRZ)3·2.4H2O for 3; TRZ = 1,2,4-triazole) were synthesized and characterized. Compound 1 exhibits a one-dimensional chain structure, compound 2 exhibits a two-dimensional layer, and compound 3 exhibits a three-dimensional cage architecture featuring a 10 Å molecular cage with two kinds of window sizes at 5 and 7.8 Å, respectively. In the evaluation of iodine adsorption in aqueous solution, compound 3 demonstrated outstanding iodine adsorption, removing 95% of iodine from aqueous solution within 200 min and maintaining high efficiency and structural stability over four adsorption-desorption cycles. This study offers a new strategy for designing radioactive iodine adsorbents and enhances the understanding of interactions between unsaturated metal sites and iodine species.
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