Chemical Society Reviews,
Journal Year:
2021,
Volume and Issue:
50(5), P. 3143 - 3177
Published: Jan. 1, 2021
Pyrene-based
MOFs
have
several
applications;
including
luminescence,
photocatalysis,
adsorption
and
separation,
heterogeneous
catalysis,
electrochemical
applications
bio-medical
applications.
Journal of the American Chemical Society,
Journal Year:
2018,
Volume and Issue:
140(49), P. 16936 - 16940
Published: Nov. 30, 2018
Developing
single-atom
catalysts
with
porous
micro-/nanostructures
for
high
active-site
accessibility
is
of
great
significance
but
still
remains
a
challenge.
Herein,
we
the
first
time
report
novel
template-free
preassembly
strategy
to
fabricate
hollow
graphitic
carbonitride
spheres
single
Cu
atoms
mounted
via
thermal
polymerization
supramolecular
preassemblies
composed
melamine-Cu
complex
and
cyanuric
acid.
Atomically
dispersed
Cu-N3
moieties
were
unambiguously
confirmed
by
spherical
aberration
correction
electron
microscopy
extended
X-ray
absorption
fine
structure
spectroscopy.
More
importantly,
this
material
exhibits
outstanding
catalytic
performance
selective
oxidation
benzene
phenol
at
room
temperature,
especially
showing
selectivity
(90.6
vs
64.2%)
stability
much
higher
than
those
supported
nanoparticles
alone,
originating
from
isolated
unique
sites
in
structure.
An
86%
conversion
benzene,
an
unexpectedly
96.7%
60
°C
12
h,
has
been
achieved,
suggesting
potential
practical
applications.
This
work
paves
new
way
variety
diverse
architectures.