E.Y. Ugalde Salas, M.J. Quijano Arteaga1, M.E. Navarro Segura, A. Concha Balderrama, N. Pineda Aguilar, M. Sánchez DomÃnguez1
CIMAV,
Mexico
Keywords: metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), zirconium, UiO-66-F4, bicontinuous microemulsions, oil-in-water microemulsions (O/W)
Summary:
MOFs (metal-organic frameworks) are a class of porous materials with very high surface area and a well-defined crystalline structure. Recently these materials have attracted a great interest in research due to their properties such as regular structure and versatility, which allows them to be applied in gas storage, catalysis and substance separation. In this work, Zirconium UiO-66-F4 based MOF was synthesized using bicontinuous (Bc) and oil-in-water (O/W) microemulsions. The process was carried out by controlling reaction conditions such as temperature, pH, and reaction time. The MOF obtained was characterized by XRD and FE-SEM. The results obtained were consistent with the formation of nanostructured Zr-UiO-66-F4 MOFs by using microemulsions, with the particularity of presenting mainly reflections corresponding to a highly defective structure (either high REO or HCP topology), showing properties that will potentially present an outstanding performance in several applications.