Controllable Fabrication of Coordination Polymer Particles (CPPs): A Bridge between Versatile Organic Building Blocks and Porous Copper-Based Inorganic Materials

Hierarchically micro-/nanostructured coordination polymer [Cu(2,5-PDC)H2O](n) architectures with tunable morphologies have been successfully prepared by rationally adjusting the preparation parameters, such as the reactant concentration, solvent, surfactant, and reaction temperature. Using simple calculations of chosen shaped [Cu(2,5-PDC)H2O](n) architectures, we can obtain several porous copper based inorganic motifs, which show potential applications for the antibacterial field and lithium ion batteries. Therein, CuO-1 can kill the Gram-positive bacteria Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus better than other materials. The value for initial discharge capacity of CuO-3 (1160 mAh g(-1)) is higher than the theoretical capacity (674 mAh g(-1)) and most copper oxide materials. Besides, Cu/C composites also show intense application in the antibacterial and Li-ions uptake-release field, which will provide a widely used method to prepare the nanosystem of carbon-coating or carbon-compositing materials by simple calcinations of shaped precursor coordination polymer particles used under the proper temperature.