Abstract
Scaling up the synthesis of metal organic frameworks (MOFs) is necessary in order to demonstrate their potential in industrial applications. This requires the development of a cost efficient and environmentally friendly synthesis protocol which necessitates the understanding of the reaction mechanism, especially for more complex binary ligand MOF systems. Herein, we demonstrate the upscale synthesis (≥100 g) of CPL-1[Cu2(pzdc)2(pz)]n using water as the solvent. The MOF is a binary ligand system composed of 2D layers of copper (Cu(ii)) coordinated to 2,3-pyrazinedicarboxylate (pzdc2-) connected by pyrazine pillars (pz). The reaction conditions were investigated and found to be optimal when using the minimum amount of reagent possible in water by adjusting the pH to 6.4 leading to CPL-1 formation with high yield (95% yields) and space-time yield (660 kg m-3 day-1). In addition, the upscaled MOF exhibited similar sorption and separation capacity to the lab scaled one.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 718-724 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Green Chemistry |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 7 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by funding from Air Liquide via the 2016 Air Liquide Scientific Challenge, a KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research (JP25000007), Scientific Research (S) (JP18H05262), and Early-Career Scientists (JP19K15584) from the Japan Society of the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
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© 2020 The Royal Society of Chemistry.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Chemistry
- Pollution