Hierarchical Metal-Organic Framework Films with Controllable Meso/Macroporosity

Renheng Bo, Mahdiar Taheri, Borui Liu, Raffaele Ricco, Hongjun Chen, Heinz Amenitsch, Zelio Fusco, Takuya Tsuzuki, Guihua Yu, Rob Ameloot, Paolo Falcaro, Antonio Tricoli*

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Abstract

The structuring of the metal-organic framework material ZIF-8 as films and membranes through the vapor-phase conversion of ZnO fractal nanoparticle networks is reported. The extrinsic porosity of the resulting materials can be tuned from 4% to 66%, and the film thickness can be controlled from 80 nm to 0.23 mm, for areas >100 cm2. Freestanding and pure metal-organic frameworks (MOF) membranes prepared this way are showcased as separators that minimize capacity fading in model Li-S batteries.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2002368
JournalAdvanced Science
Volume7
Issue number24
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • 3D structuring
  • extrinsic porosity
  • metal-organic frameworks
  • molecular sieving

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Chemical Engineering(all)
  • Materials Science(all)
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
  • Engineering(all)
  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

Fields of Expertise

  • Advanced Materials Science

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