Revisiting the Incorporation of Ti(IV) in UiO-type Metal-Organic Frameworks: Metal Exchange versus Grafting and Their Implications on Photocatalysis
Revisiting the Incorporation of Ti(IV) in UiO-type Metal-Organic Frameworks: Metal Exchange versus Grafting and Their Implications on Photocatalysis
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DOI:
10.1021/acs.chemmater.7b03320
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发表时间:
2017-11-14
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8.6
通讯作者:
Gascon, Jorge
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作者:
Santaclara, Jara G.;Olivos-Suarez, Alma I.;Gascon, Jorge
Generation of hydrogen from water (hydrogen evolution reaction, HER) mediated by sunlight is a key challenge in the design of new energy conversion paradigms. 1 While there are many classes of materials that will promote this reaction, metal− organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as promising platforms owing to their high surface area, structural diversity, and late-stage tunability. 2 However, most MOFs suffer from hydrolytic instability, limiting their application in aqueous HER photocatalytic systems. 3, 4 MOFs of the UiO series possess good water and thermal stability and opportunities for postsynthetic modification. 5, 6 Common strategies for functionalization of Zr-UiO-type materials include linker modification and metal incorporation. 7− 9 The former has been extensively studied in both UiO-and MIL-125-type materials through utilization of functionalized ligands. 10− 12 For example, amination of the terephthalic acid linker in MIL-125 has been shown to close the band gap, redshifting from the UV and thus enabling visible light photocatalysis. In the case of UiO-66, the addition of Ti (IV) has been extensively studied because of its photoaccessible unoccupied Ti (III) state, but nevertheless, the structural characterization of these materials remains largely unknown. 13− 18The two hypotheses for how incorporation of Ti into UiO-66 occurs are either through metal exchange into the inorganic secondary building unit (SBU) or grafting of the Ti (IV) onto the surface of this node at a linker vacancy site (Figure 1). Metal exchange has been attempted primarily with TiCl4· 2THF as a Ti (IV) source, but the nature of this exchange is