Hollow carbon nanobubbles: Monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis

© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. While bulk-sized metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) face limits to their utilization in various research fields such as energy storage applications, nanoarchitectonics is believed to be a possible solution. It is highly challenging to realize MOF nanobubbles with...

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Main Authors: Zhang, W., Jiang, X., Zhao, Y., Carné-Sánchez, A., Malgras, V., Kim, J., Wang, Shaobin, Liu, Jian, Jiang, J., Yamauchi, Y., Hu, M.
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Published: Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55235
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author Zhang, W.
Jiang, X.
Zhao, Y.
Carné-Sánchez, A.
Malgras, V.
Kim, J.
Kim, J.
Wang, Shaobin
Liu, Jian
Jiang, J.
Yamauchi, Y.
Hu, M.
author_facet Zhang, W.
Jiang, X.
Zhao, Y.
Carné-Sánchez, A.
Malgras, V.
Kim, J.
Kim, J.
Wang, Shaobin
Liu, Jian
Jiang, J.
Yamauchi, Y.
Hu, M.
author_sort Zhang, W.
building Curtin Institutional Repository
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description © 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. While bulk-sized metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) face limits to their utilization in various research fields such as energy storage applications, nanoarchitectonics is believed to be a possible solution. It is highly challenging to realize MOF nanobubbles with monocrystalline frameworks. By a spatially controlled etching approach, here, we can achieve the synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) nanobubbles with a uniform size of less than 100 nm. Interestingly, the ZIF-8 nanobubbles possess a monocrystalline nanoshell with a thickness of around 10 nm. Under optimal pyrolytic conditions, the ZIF-8 nanobubbles can be converted into hollow carbon nanobubbles while keeping their original shapes. The structure of the nanobubble enhances the fast Na + /K + ion intercalation performance. Such remarkable improvement cannot be realized by conventional MOFs or their derived carbons.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-552352017-09-13T16:11:01Z Hollow carbon nanobubbles: Monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis Zhang, W. Jiang, X. Zhao, Y. Carné-Sánchez, A. Malgras, V. Kim, J. Kim, J. Wang, Shaobin Liu, Jian Jiang, J. Yamauchi, Y. Hu, M. © 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry. While bulk-sized metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) face limits to their utilization in various research fields such as energy storage applications, nanoarchitectonics is believed to be a possible solution. It is highly challenging to realize MOF nanobubbles with monocrystalline frameworks. By a spatially controlled etching approach, here, we can achieve the synthesis of zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) nanobubbles with a uniform size of less than 100 nm. Interestingly, the ZIF-8 nanobubbles possess a monocrystalline nanoshell with a thickness of around 10 nm. Under optimal pyrolytic conditions, the ZIF-8 nanobubbles can be converted into hollow carbon nanobubbles while keeping their original shapes. The structure of the nanobubble enhances the fast Na + /K + ion intercalation performance. Such remarkable improvement cannot be realized by conventional MOFs or their derived carbons. 2017 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55235 10.1039/c6sc04903f Royal Society of Chemistry Publishing unknown
spellingShingle Zhang, W.
Jiang, X.
Zhao, Y.
Carné-Sánchez, A.
Malgras, V.
Kim, J.
Kim, J.
Wang, Shaobin
Liu, Jian
Jiang, J.
Yamauchi, Y.
Hu, M.
Hollow carbon nanobubbles: Monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis
title Hollow carbon nanobubbles: Monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis
title_full Hollow carbon nanobubbles: Monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis
title_fullStr Hollow carbon nanobubbles: Monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis
title_full_unstemmed Hollow carbon nanobubbles: Monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis
title_short Hollow carbon nanobubbles: Monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis
title_sort hollow carbon nanobubbles: monocrystalline mof nanobubbles and their pyrolysis
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55235