Understanding the ZIF-L to ZIF-8 transformation from fundamentals to fully costed kilogram-scale production.

ABSTRACT: The production of MOFs at large scale in a sustainable way is key if these materials are to be exploited for their promised widespread application. Much of the published literature has focused on demonstrations of preparation routes using difficult or expensive methodologies to scale. One such MOF is nano-zeolitic imidazolate framework-8 (ZIF-8) - a material of interest for a range of possible applications. Work presented here shows how the synthesis of ZIF-8 can be tracked by a range of methods including X-ray diffraction, thermo gravimetric analysis and inelastic neutron scattering - which offer the prospect of in-line monitoring of the synthesis reaction. Herein we disclose how the production of nano-ZIF-8 can be conducted at scale using the intermediate phase ZIF-L. By understanding th

SUBMITTER: Deacon A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9814364 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature