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An ionothermally synthesized Mg-based coordination polymer as a precursor for preparing porous carbons

  • Zhao Feng Wu
  • , Bin Tan
  • , Cheng Feng Du
  • , Mei Ling Feng
  • , Zai Lai Xie
  • , Xiao Ying Huang
  • CAS - Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter
  • University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  • Fuzhou University

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Abstract

A new magnesium coordination polymer (Mg-CP), namely [Bmim]2[Mg6(NDC)5(HNDC)2(HCOO)2] (1, H2NDC = 1, 4-naphthalenedicarboxylic acid, [Bmim] = 1-butyl-3-methyl-imidazolium ion), has been ionothermally synthesized and structurally characterized. Single-crystal X-ray structural determination indicated that the title compound possessed an anionic three-dimensional (3D) framework constructed by the interconnections of unprecedented hexanuclear magnesium-carboxylate clusters as secondary building units (SBUs) via bridging NDC ligands. Compound 1 exhibited blue luminescence emission at 440 nm when excited at 360 nm. Significantly, the title non-porous Mg-CP could be utilized as a precursor for preparing porous carbons through thermal decomposition in optimized conditions. Different from the reported high decomposition temperature (>1000 °C) mostly based on porous Zn-CP precursors, the optimum decomposition temperature for 1 was only 700 °C, and the resulting porous carbons showed 465 cm3 g-1 adsorption volume for N2. The as-prepared carbon exhibited finely selective N2 adsorption ability over H2 and CO2. This work may provide a certain guiding significance for exploiting ionothermally synthesized Mg-CPs as a new type of precursor towards porous carbons.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4288-4292
Number of pages5
JournalCrystEngComm
Volume17
Issue number23
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Jun 2015
Externally publishedYes

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