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

Shuai Yuan; Jun-Sheng Qin; Hai-Qun Xu; Jie Su; Daniel Rossi; Yuanping Chen; Liangliang Zhang; Christina Lollar; Qi Wang; Hai-Long Jiang; Dong Hee Son; Hongyi Xu; Zhehao Huang; Xiaodong Zou; Hong-Cai Zhou

doi:10.1021/acscentsci.7b00497

ACS Central Science (Nov 2017)

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

Shuai Yuan,
Jun-Sheng Qin,
Hai-Qun Xu,
Jie Su,
Daniel Rossi,
Yuanping Chen,
Liangliang Zhang,
Christina Lollar,
Qi Wang,
Hai-Long Jiang,
Dong Hee Son,
Hongyi Xu,
Zhehao Huang,
Xiaodong Zou,
Hong-Cai Zhou

Affiliations

Shuai Yuan: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
Jun-Sheng Qin: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
Hai-Qun Xu: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China
Jie Su: Berzelii Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials and Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Daniel Rossi: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
Yuanping Chen: School of Physics and Optoelectronics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan, P. R. China
Liangliang Zhang: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
Christina Lollar: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
Qi Wang: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
Hai-Long Jiang: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology, Department of Chemistry, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, P. R. China
Dong Hee Son: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States
Hongyi Xu: Berzelii Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials and Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Zhehao Huang: Berzelii Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials and Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Xiaodong Zou: Berzelii Centre EXSELENT on Porous Materials and Inorganic and Structural Chemistry, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Hong-Cai Zhou: Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acscentsci.7b00497
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 105 – 111

Abstract

Read online

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 MOFs were assembled, and their orbital alignments were fine-tuned by rational functionalization of organic linkers under computational guidance. These MOFs demonstrate high porosity, excellent chemical stability, tunable photoresponse, and good activity toward photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reactions. The discovery of the [Ti8Zr2O12(COO)16] cluster and the facile construction of photoactive MOFs from this cluster shall pave the way for the development of future Ti-MOF-based photocatalysts.

Published in ACS Central Science

ISSN: 2374-7951 (Online)
Publisher: American Chemical Society
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Science: Chemistry
Website: https://pubs.acs.org/journal/acscii

About the journal