Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Pore-filling contamination in metal–organic frameworks

Glover, Joseph; Besley, Elena

Authors

Joseph Glover



Abstract

Tuneable pore sizes, ordered crystal structures, and large surface areas are some of the main attractive features of metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). To fully understand the structure–property relationships of these materials, accurate characterisation of their structural features is essential. The surface areas of MOFs are routinely estimated from the physical adsorption of gases. By applying the Brunauer, Emmett & Teller (BET) theory to an adsorption isotherm, the surface area is calculated from the amount of gas that forms a monolayer on the pore surface. While this technique is used ubiquitously within the porous solid community, its accuracy can be greatly affected by pore-filling contamination. This process causes an overestimation of the BET surface area from the overlap of surface and pore-filling adsorption as molecules that are not in contact with the surface are erroneously included into the surface area calculation. Experimentally, it is rather challenging to examine the effects of pore-filling contamination, which typically rely on accurate atomistic simulations to provide insight. In this work, we employ grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations and other theoretical approaches to assess the impact of pore-filling contamination on MOF surface areas. With a focus on the rht and nbo topologies, we show how experimental studies that suggest MOF surface areas can be increased by replacing phenyl rings for alkynes are largely influenced by the pore-filling contamination effect.

Citation

Glover, J., & Besley, E. (2018). Pore-filling contamination in metal–organic frameworks. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 20(36), 23616-23624. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp04769c

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 29, 2018
Online Publication Date Aug 29, 2018
Publication Date Aug 29, 2018
Deposit Date Nov 26, 2018
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
Print ISSN 1463-9076
Electronic ISSN 1463-9084
Publisher Royal Society of Chemistry
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 20
Issue 36
Pages 23616-23624
DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/c8cp04769c
Keywords Physical and Theoretical Chemistry; General Physics and Astronomy
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1307376
Additional Information : This document is Similarity Check deposited; : Supplementary Information; : Joseph Glover (ORCID); : Elena Besley (ORCID); : Single-blind; : Received 26 July 2018; Accepted 29 August 2018; Accepted Manuscript published 29 August 2018; Advance Article published 7 September 2018; Version of Record published 19 September 2018

Files




You might also like



Downloadable Citations