Highly crystalline MOF-based materials grown on electrospun nanofibers. Issue 13 (11th March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bechelany, M.; Drobek, M.; Vallicari, C.; Abou Chaaya, A.; Julbe, A.; Miele, P.
• Is Part Of: Nanoscale. Volume 7:Issue 13(2015)
• Page Start: 5794
• Page End: 5802
• Publication Date: 2015-03-11
• Subjects: Nanoscience -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; 620.505
• DOI: 10.1039/c4nr06640e
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2040-3364

Abstract

Abstract : We report the synthesis of a novel composite architecture of MOF materials supported on a flexible mat of electrospun nanofibers. Abstract : Supported Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) with a high specific surface area are of great interest for applications in gas storage, separation, sensing, and catalysis. In the present work we report the synthesis of a novel composite architecture of MOF materials supported on a flexible mat of electrospun nanofibers. The system, based on three-dimensional interwoven nanofibers, was designed by using a low-cost and scalable multistep synthesis protocol involving a combination of electrospinning and low-temperature atomic layer deposition of oxide materials, and their subsequent solvothermal conversion under either conventional or microwave-assisted heating. This highly versatile approach allows the production of different types of supported MOF crystals with controlled sizes, morphology, orientation and high accessibility.