[Ti₈Zr₂O₁₂(COO)₁₆] Cluster: An Ideal Inorganic Building Unit for Photoactive Metal-Organic Frameworks.

ABSTRACT: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) based on Ti-oxo clusters (Ti-MOFs) represent a naturally self-assembled superlattice of TiO₂ nanoparticles separated by designable organic linkers as antenna chromophores, epitomizing a promising platform for solar energy conversion. However, despite the vast, diverse, and well-developed Ti-cluster chemistry, only a scarce number of Ti-MOFs have been documented. The synthetic conditions of most Ti-based clusters are incompatible with those required for MOF crystallization, which has severely limited the development of Ti-MOFs. This challenge has been met herein by the discovery of the [Ti₈Zr₂O₁₂(COO)₁₆] cluster as a nearly ideal building unit for photoactive MOFs. A family of isoreticular photoactive MOF

SUBMITTER: Yuan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5785768 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature