Synthesizing new porous materials with superior gas sorption properties for applications such as fuel storage and carbon capture have important energy and environmental applications. This study seeks to better understand chemical, structural, and topological features that have the greatest impact on carbon dioxide uptake properties. We use metal-organic framework (MOF) materials with specific structural features and topologies as the platform to construct isostructural framework materials. Such materials can accommodate systematic variations in metal ion type or ligand type, which make them better suited for isolating and examining individual factors related to sorption properties. These isostructural MOFs are synthesized and structurally characterized by X-ray diffraction and their sorption properties are systematically measured. The results shed useful insight into factors affecting carbon dioxide uptake capacity

Geometrical and functional properties of organic ligands on gas sorption properties of metal-organic framework materials

251st National Meeting (2016)

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