Controlled Construction of Supported Cu Sites and Their Stabilization in MIL-100(Fe): Efficient Adsorbents for Benzothiophene Capture.

Cu-containing materials have drawn much attention in various applications because they are versatile, nontoxic, and low-cost. However, the difficulty of selective reduction and the poor stability of Cu species are now pretty much the agendas. Here, controlled construction of supported Cu sites in MIL-100(Fe) was realized under mild conditions (200 °C, 5 h) via a vapor-reduction strategy (VRS).