Issue 5, 2017

Hollow carbon nanobubbles: monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis

Abstract

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.

Graphical abstract: Hollow carbon nanobubbles: monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
04 Nov 2016
Accepted
26 Feb 2017
First published
07 Mar 2017
This article is Open Access

All publication charges for this article have been paid for by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Sci., 2017,8, 3538-3546

Hollow carbon nanobubbles: monocrystalline MOF nanobubbles and their pyrolysis

W. Zhang, X. Jiang, Y. Zhao, A. Carné-Sánchez, V. Malgras, J. Kim, J. H. Kim, S. Wang, J. Liu, J. Jiang, Y. Yamauchi and M. Hu, Chem. Sci., 2017, 8, 3538 DOI: 10.1039/C6SC04903F

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