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CHEMISTRY-A EUROPEAN JOURNAL
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages 314-323Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/chem.201404654
Keywords
hybrid materials; metal-organic frameworks; porosity; postsynthetic modification; water stability
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- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [SPP1362, SE 1417/3-2, STO 643/5-2, SFB 840]
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The resistance of metal-organic frameworks towards water is a very critical issue concerning their practical use. Recently, it was shown for microporous MOFs that the water stability could be increased by introducing hydrophobic pendant groups. Here, we demonstrate a remarkable stabilisation of the mesoporous MOF Al-MIL-101-NH2 by post-synthetic modification with phenyl isocyanate. In this process 86% of the amino groups were converted into phenylurea units. As a consequence, the long-term stability of AlMIL-101-URPh in liquid water could be extended beyond a week. In water saturated atmospheres Al-MIL-101-URPh decomposed at least 12-times slower than the unfunctionalised analogue. To study the underlying processes both materials were characterised by Ar, N-2 and H2O sorption measurements, powder X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric and chemical analysis as well as solid-state NMR and IR spectroscopy. Postsynthetic modification decreased the BET equivalent surface area from 3363 to 1555 m(2)g(-1) for Al-MIL-101URPh and reduced the mean diameters of the mesopores by 0.6 nm without degrading the structure significantly and reducing thermal stability. In spite of similar water uptake capacities, the relative humidity-dependent uptake of Al-MIL101-URPh is slowed and occurs at higher relative humidity values. In combination with H-1-Al-27 D-HMQC NMR spectroscopy experiments this favours a shielding mechanism of the Al clusters by the pendant phenyl groups and rules out pore blocking.
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