Abstract: This presentation will focus on high-area, permanently microporous, metal-organic framework (MOF) compounds as functional materials. The presentation will touch upon very recent advances in MOF synthesis. These advances are facilitating the construction of exceptionally robust MOFs that show promise for energy-related applications, including: a) hydrogen storage and release, b) chemical separations based on emergent phenomena, c) carbon capture, d) multi-stage catalysis of chemical reactions, and e) light-harvesting and long-range directional energy transfer, followed by catalytic photochemistry. New developments in one or more of these areas will be described.
I will also describe our initial work on hybrid MOFs obtained via “AIM” (Atomic-layer-deposition In Metal-organic frameworks). This materials synthesis strategy has enabled us to build arrays of otherwise synthetically inaccessible, metal-oxide clusters within mesoporous MOFs. Of particular interest are the catalytic and electrocatalytic properties of the first members of this new collection of hybrid materials.
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