3D-Printed Porous Magnetic Carbon Materials Derived from Metal–Organic Frameworks

Abstract

Here we report new porous carbon materials obtained by 3D printing from photopolymer compositions with zinc- and nickel-based metal–organic frameworks, ZIF-8 and Ni-BTC, followed by high-temperature pyrolysis. The pyrolyzed materials that retain the shapes of complex objects contain pores, which were produced by boiling zinc and magnetic nickel particles. The two thus provided functionalities—large specific surface area and ferromagnetism—that pave the way towards creating heterogenous catalysts that can be easily removed from reaction mixtures in industrial catalytic processes.

Keywords

• 3D printing
• composite materials
• metal–organic frameworks
• photopolymer
• porous carbon materials
• pyrolysis