Optimized CO2Capture of the Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework ZIF-8 Modified by Solvent-Assisted Ligand Exchange

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Zeolitic imidazolate frameworks, like ZIF-8 and related structures, have shown great potential for the capture of carbon dioxide. Modifying their structure by exchanging part of the constituent organic ligands is a proven method for enhancing the capacity to absorb CO2. In this work, we performed solvent-assisted ligand exchange (SALE) on nanosized ZIF-8 (nZIF-8) with a series of functionalized imidazole derivatives (exchange percentages, after 24 h): 2-bromoimidazole (19%), 2-chloroimidazole (29%), 2-trifluoromethylbenzimidazole (4%), 2-mercaptobenzimidazole (4%), and 2-nitroimidazole (54%). The sodalite topology and porosity of nZIF-8 were maintained with all SALE modifications. Low-pressure CO2 adsorption of nZIF-8 (38.5 cm3 g-1) at STP was appreciably enhanced with all mixed-linker SALE products. Using halogenated (-Cl, -Br, and -CF3) imidazole derivatives in a 24 h SALE treatment resulted in increases between 11 and 22% in CO2 adsorption, while the thiol (-SH)- and nitro (-NO2)-functionalized SALE products led to 32 and 100% increases in CO2 uptakes, respectively. These CO2 uptakes were further optimized by varying the SALE treatment time. The SHbIm- and NO2Im-exchanged SALE products of nZIF-8 show 87 and 98 cm3 g-1 of CO2 uptakes after 60 and 120 h of SALE, respectively. These are record high CO2 adsorptions for all reported ZIF derivatives at low-pressure conditions.

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Abraha, Y. W., Tsai, C. W., Niemantsverdriet, J. W. H., & Langner, E. H. G. (2021). Optimized CO2Capture of the Zeolitic Imidazolate Framework ZIF-8 Modified by Solvent-Assisted Ligand Exchange. ACS Omega, 6(34), 21850–21860. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.1c01130

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