Solvothermal synthesis of a novel calcium metal-organic 2 framework: high temperature and electrochemical behaviour

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Abstract

The rapid growth in the field of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) over recent years has highlighted their high potential in a variety of applications. For biological and environmental applications MOFs with low toxicity are vitally important to avoid any harmful effects. For this reason, Ca-based MOFs are highly desirable owing to their low cost and high biocompatibility. Useful Ca MOFs are still rare owing to the ionic character and large size of the Ca2+ ion tending to produce dense phases. Presented here is a novel Ca-based MOF containing 2,3-dihyrdoxyterephthalate (2,3-dhtp) linkers Ca(2,3-dhtp)(H2O) (SIMOF-4). The material undergoes a phase transformation on heating, which can be followed by variable temperature powder X-ray diffraction. The structure of the high temperature form was obtained using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The electrochemical properties of SIMOF-4 were also investigated for use in a Na ion battery.
Original languageEnglish
Article number7048
JournalMolecules
Volume26
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Nov 2021

Keywords

  • MOF
  • Calcium MOF
  • Electrochemistry
  • scXRD
  • VTXRD
  • BioMOF

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