Reuse of Predesigned Dual-Functional Metal Organic Frameworks (DF-MOFs) after Heavy Metal Removal.

Designing porous and functionalized adsorbents and achieving high efficiency in heavy metals removal from wastewater is in the spotlight of environmental science. On the other hand, upon removal, adsorbents are still highly hazardous requiring that great care be taken in its packaging, transporting and storing. A fundamental route in the synthesis of functional extended structures is the ability to combine different chemical entities in a controlled way in order to achieve high performance.

Development of Porous Cobalt-/Copper-Doped Carbon Nanohybrids Derived from Functionalized MOFs as Efficient Catalysts for the Ullmann Cross-Coupling Reaction: Insights into the Active Centers.

Newly emerging poly-functional metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have been proved to be a promising alternative method for the hard/soft template to generate different carbon-based heterostructures. Herein, we have synthesized a sulfonyl-amide-based MOF (TMU-81) with an exceptionally high concentration of functional groups, which can interact strongly with metal ions and utilized it as a double-template platform to fabricate versatile catalysts by remaining structural regularity. The preloaded copper ions resided in pores of TMU-81 not only play a significant role in pore-forming by in situ renovating into Cu nanoparticles via the pyrolysis process but also trigger the morphological transformations of the resultant metal/carbon hybrids.