Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown potential as nanofillers for the selective capture of specific gases in mixed matrix membranes (MMMs). This study introduces an efficient method, utilizing a mild (100 °C) reaction condition and a short reaction time (20 min), for the synthesis of MOF-808(Ce) nanocrystals. The MOF-808(Ce) that is obtained exhibits porous characteristics, a notable affinity for CO 2 , and robust intermolecular interactions with PIM-1. Furthermore, this study pioneers the incorporation of MOF-808(Ce) as a filler into PIM-1, with varying loadings, to create PIM/MOF-808 MMMs for the purpose of CO 2 separation. Consequently, the MMMs containing 2 wt% MOF-808(Ce) demonstrate high CO 2 permeability of 6854 Barrer and CO 2 /N 2 selectivity of 23.2, which is far surpasses 2008 upper bound from Robeson and approaches the refined 2019 upper bound from MeKenow. A comparative analysis demonstrates the efficacy of MOF-808(Ce) as a filler in PIM-1 for the purpose of CO 2 separation.
Yupeng Zhai,Jialin Yu,Lijuan Zhang,Yunshan Zhou,Yuxu Zhong,Ying Yang,Yong’An Wang
In this study, an α-Keggin-type polyoxometalate H 5 PV 2 Mo 10 O 40 was loaded into the adamantane cage (18 Å) of MOF-808(Ce) by an immersion method to obtain composites with different polyoxometalate loadings. The effects of the H 5 PV 2 Mo 10 O 40 loading in the composite, the reaction time, and the quantity of the composite during the decontamination of the erosive agent surrogate, 2-chloroethyl ethyl sulfide (CEES) were investigated, and the optimized catalytic conditions for CEES were determined. The decontamination rate of 4 μL CEES reached 93.91% in 120 min using 40 mg of optimized composite, and the decontamination rate of 160 μL of the nerve agent surrogate, methyl paraoxon (DMNP) reached 100% in 25 min using 5 mg of the composite. Decontamination of CEES and DMNP by the composite followed first-order reaction kinetics. The half-life ( t 1/2 ) and kinetic rate constant ( k ) of these two reactions were 27.77 min and −0.02496 min −1 and 1.895 min and −0.36569 min −1 , respectively. The composite exhibited good decontamination performance after four replicate experiments. The results showed that CEES was oxidized to CEESO, while DMNP was hydrolyzed to p -nitrophenol and dimethyl phosphonate in the presence of the composite, showing that the proposed composite is an effective bifunctional catalyst for the selective oxidation and hydrolysis of chemical warfare agent surrogates.