New Insight into Sorption Cycling Stability of Three Al-Based MOF Materials in Water Vapour.

Three porous aluminium benzene-1,3,5-tricarboxylates MIL-96(Al), MIL-100(Al) and MIL-110(Al) materials were studied for their hydrothermal stability. The 40-cycles water vapour sorption experiments for the three samples were performed by varying the temperature between 40 and 140 °C at 75% relative humidity to simulate working conditions for materials used in water sorption-based low-T heat storage and reallocation applications. The materials were characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, N physisorption, and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Infrared spectroscopies before and after the cycling tests.

In situ generation of Ni nanoparticles from metal-organic framework precursors and their use for biomass hydrodeoxygenation.

So far, in situ-generated Ni nanoparticles have been reported to be efficient catalysts for tar cracking during wood liquefaction by pyrolysis. Herein, their performance in further bio-oil conversion steps is evaluated. Nanoparticles were generated for the first time from a Ni-containing metal-organic framework, MIL-77, during the hydrotreatment of glycerol-solvolyzed lignocellulosic (LC) biomass.

Structure and magnetic properties of a new iron(II) citrate coordination polymer.

The new compound [Fe(H2cit)(H2O)]n (NICS-2) is the first neutral ferrous citrate carboxylate that has been synthesized up to now. The iron citrate coordination polymer was hydrothermally synthesized and the structure was solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It crystallizes in an orthorhombic space group P2(1)2(1)2(1) (No.

Spectroscopic evidence for the structure directing role of the solvent in the synthesis of two iron carboxylates.

Crystal engineering: The synthesis of the known compounds MIL-100(Fe) and MIL-45(Fe) is characterized by spectroscopy. The products are obtained under identical conditions by varying the solvent from pure water to a mixture of water and acetone. The starting solution, the gel, and the final reaction product were characterized by X-ray absorption spectroscopy (see picture).