Highly Selective CO Electroreduction to CH by In Situ Generated Cu O Single-Type Sites on a Conductive MOF: Stabilizing Key Intermediates with Hydrogen Bonding.

It is still a great challenge to achieve high selectivity of CH in CO electroreduction reactions (CO RR) because of the similar reduction potentials of possible products and the sluggish kinetics for CO activation. Stabilizing key reaction intermediates by single type of active sites supported on porous conductive material is crucial to achieve high selectivity for single product such as CH . Here, Cu O(111) quantum dots with an average size of 3.

Mg incorporated Co-based MOF precursors for hierarchical CNT-containing porous carbons with ORR activity.

In this paper, we introduced light and abundant metal magnesium into a cobalt-based metal organic framework (Co-MOF, [(CH)NH][Co(bpdc)]·5DMF·4CHOH) (1, Hbpdc = 4,4'-biphenyldicarboxylic acid, DMF = N,N-dimethylformamide) as a heteroatom to synthesize Mg-Co bimetallic MOFs, namely [(CH)NH][MgCo(bpdc)]·4DMF·5CHOH (2) and [(CH)NH][MgCo(bpdc)] 4DMF·4CHOH·6HO (3). Based on the formation of a rather low density framework after the introduction of the light Mg, such bimetallic MOFs exhibited higher gas adsorption abilities than the isostructural Co-based MOF 1. N adsorption measurements demonstrate that the BET surface area of 3 is 305.

Fine decoration of carbon nanotubes with metal organic frameworks for enhanced performance in supercapacitance and oxygen reduction reaction.

Efficient electrode material is crucial for energy conversion from renewable sources such as solar electricity. We present a method for preparation of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) with zeolitic imidazolate frameworks (ZIFs, e.g.

Dual-Emission Luminescence of Magnesium Coordination Polymers Based on Mixed Organic Ligands.

Presented herein are two luminescent magnesium coordination polymers (Mg-CPs), namely [Mg2 (H2O)2 (2-NDC)4 (1,10-phen)2] (1) and [Mg2 (H2O)(1,4-NDC)2 (1,10-phen)] (2), in which 2-NDCH=2-naphthalenecarboxylic acid, 1,4-NDCH2 =1,4-naphthalene dicarboxylic acid, and 1,10-phen=1,10-phenanthroline. Based on the mixed ligands, the title compounds exhibit linker-based photoluminescence (PL) properties thanks to the unique configuration of the Mg(2+) ions. The two compounds show interesting dual emission on excitation of the different luminophores of the mixed linkers.

Single crystalline wurtzite ZnO/zinc blende ZnS coaxial heterojunctions and hollow zinc blende ZnS nanotubes: synthesis, structural characterization and optical properties.

Synthesis of ZnO/ZnS heterostructures under thermodynamic conditions generally results in the wurtzite (WZ) structure of the ZnS component because its WZ phase is thermodynamically more stable than its zinc blende (ZB) phase. In this report, we demonstrate for the first time the preparation of ZnO/ZnS coaxial nanocables composed of single crystalline ZB structured ZnS epitaxially grown on WZ ZnO via a two-step thermal evaporation method. The deposition temperature is believed to play a crucial role in determining the crystalline phase of ZnS.

From selenidostannates to silver-selenidostannate: structural variation of chalcogenidometallates synthesized in ionic liquids.

Presented here are the ionothermal preparation and structural variation of selenidostannates, whose structures can be tuned by varying the combination of ionic liquids and auxiliary amines as mixed solvent, as well as changing the reaction temperature and time. Remarkably, a silver-selenidostannate compound featuring lamellar structure was achieved by unusual insertion of linear two-coordinate Ag(+) ions between the {Sn(3)Se(7)}(n)(2n-) double chains.

Ionothermal syntheses, crystal structures and properties of three-dimensional rare earth metal-organic frameworks with 1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid.

Twelve isostructural rare earth metal-organic frameworks, namely, [Hmim][RE(2)Cl(1,4-NDC)(3)] (RE = La (1), Ce (2), Pr (3), Nd (4), Sm (5), Eu (6), Gd (7), Tb (8), Dy (9), Ho (10), Er (11), Y (12), Hmim = 1-hexyl-3-methylimidazolium, 1,4-NDCH(2) = 1,4-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid), have been ionothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. The structures feature three-dimensionally anionic frameworks of [RE(2)Cl(1,4-NDC)(3)](n)(n-) with channels in which the Hmim(+) cations are located. The current results are the first ionothermal synthesis of rare earth metal-organic frameworks based on 1,4-NDCH(2) which possess a previously unknown (4,7)-connected 3-nodal network with the Schläfli symbol of (3(2)·4(2)·5(2))(3(2)·4(9)·5(2)·6(8))(2)(4(3)·6(3))(2).

Thermomorphic behavior of the ionic liquids [C4mim][FeCl4] and [C12mim][FeCl4].

The iron-containing ionic liquids 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroferrate(III) [C(4)mim][FeCl(4)] and 1-dodecyl-3-methylimidazolium tetrachloroferrate(III) [C(12)mim][FeCl(4)] exhibit a thermally induced demixing with water (thermomorphism). The phase separation temperature varies with IL weight fraction in water and can be tuned between 100 °C and room temperature. The reversible lower critical solution temperature (LCST) is only observed at IL weight fractions below ca.

First hexanuclear zirconium macrocycle sustained in a chair-like conformation by glycolic acids.

A discrete, hexanuclear zirconium metallocycle has been synthesized, isolated, and characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. It is sustained in a chair-like conformation by glycolic acids. Formation and growth of the complex has been observed using in situ time-resolved dynamic light scattering measurements.

Two gallium antimony sulfides built on a novel heterometallic cluster.

Two gallium antimony sulfides, [Ni(en)(3)][Ga(2)Sb(2)S(7)] (1) and [(Me)(2)NH(2)](2)[Ga(2)Sb(2)S(7)] (2), have been prepared under mild solvothermal conditions. Both structures feature a two-dimensional network in which two GaS(4) tetrahedra and two SbS(3) trigonal pyramids are combined to form a heterometallic cluster of {Ga(2)Sb(2)S(9)} as a new secondary building unit. The thermal properties of 1 and 2 have been studied by thernogravimetric analysis, and the optical properties of 1 and 2 have been characterized by UV-vis spectra.

The first examples of lanthanide selenite-carboxylate compounds: syntheses, crystal structures and properties.

[Ln(8)(SeO(3))(4)(2,6-pdc)(8)(H(2)O)(10)].2H(2)O (Ln = La (1), Nd (2), Eu (3); 2,6-pdcH(2) = pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylic acid) represent the first examples of luminescent lanthanide selenite-carboxylate compounds. The compounds have been hydrothermally synthesized and structurally characterized.

Heterododecanuclear Pt(6)Ln(6) (Ln = Nd, Yb) arrays of 4-ethynyl-2,2'-bipyridine with sensitized near-IR lanthanide luminescence by Pt --> Ln energy transfer.

Heterododecanuclear Pt(6)Ln(6) (Ln = Nd, Yb) complexes of 4-ethynyl-2,2'-bipyridine (HC[triple bond, length as m-dash]Cbpy), prepared using emissive Pt(Me(3)SiC[triple bond, length as m-dash]Cbpy)(C[triple bond, length as m-dash]Cbpy)(2) as an alkynyl bridging "ligand", afford sensitized near-infrared (NIR) lanthanide luminescence by Pt --> Ln energy transfer from both Pt(bpy)(acetylide)(2) and Pt(2)(dppm)(2)(acetylide)(2) chromophores.