A Chromium Terephthalate-Based Solid with Unusually Large Pore Volumes and Surface Area
Gérard Férey(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Caroline Mellot‐Draznieks(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Christian Serre(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Franck Millange(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Julien Dutour(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Suzy Surblé(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), I. Margiolaki(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)
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Abstract
We combined targeted chemistry and computational design to create a crystal structure for porous chromium terephthalate, MIL-101, with very large pore sizes and surface area. Its zeotype cubic structure has a giant cell volume (approximately 702,000 cubic angstroms), a hierarchy of extra-large pore sizes (approximately 30 to 34 angstroms), and a Langmuir surface area for N2 of approximately 5900 +/- 300 square meters per gram. Beside the usual properties of porous compounds, this solid has potential as a nanomold for monodisperse nanomaterials, as illustrated here by the incorporation of Keggin polyanions within the cages.
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