Two mesoporous fluorinated metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) were synthesized from extensively fluorinated tritopic carboxylate- and tetrazolate-based ligands. The tetrazolate-based framework MOFF-5 has an accessible surface area of 2445 m(2) g(-1), the highest among fluorinated MOFs. Crystals of MOFF-5 adsorb hydrocarbons, fluorocarbons, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)-the latter two being ozone-depleting substances and potent greenhouse species-with weight capacities of up to 225%. The material exhibits an apparent preference for the adsorption of non-spherical molecules, binding unusually low amounts of both tetrafluoromethane and sulfur hexafluoride.
Eu2+ local environments in various crystallographic
sites enable the different distributions of the emission and excitation
energies and then realize the photoluminescence tuning of the Eu2+ doped solid state phosphors. Herein we report the Eu2+-doped Ca10M(PO4)7 (M =
Li, Na, and K) phosphors with β-Ca3(PO4)2-type structure, in which there are five cation crystallographic
sites, and the phosphors show a color tuning from bluish-violet to
blue and yellow with the variation of M ions. The difference in decay
rate monitored at selected wavelengths is related to multiple luminescent
centers in Ca10M(PO4)7:Eu2+, and the occupied rates of Eu2+ in Ca(1), Ca(2), Ca(3),
Na(4), and Ca(5) sites from Rietveld refinements using synchrotron
power diffraction data confirm that Eu2+ enters into four
cation sites except for Ca(5). Since the average bond lengths d(Ca–O) remain invariable in the Ca10M(PO4)7:Eu2+, the drastic changes of bond
lengths d(M–O) and Eu2+ emission
depending on the variation from Li to Na and K can provide insight
into the distribution of Eu2+ ions. It is found that the
emission band at 410 nm is ascribed to the occupation of Eu2+ in the Ca(1), Ca(2), and Ca(3) sites with similar local environments,
while the long-wavelength band (466 or 511 nm) is attributed to Eu2+ at the M(4) site (M = Na and K). We show that the crystal-site
engineering approach discussed herein can be applied to probe the
luminescence of the dopants and provide a new method for photoluminescence
tuning.
Platinum was coated on the surfaces of copper nanocubes to form Cu−CuPt core−alloy−frame nanocrystals with a rhombic dodecahedral (RD) shape. Co-reduction of Pt 2+ ions and residual Cu + ions in the supernatant of the Cu nanocube solution followed by the interdiffusion of Cu and Pt atoms over the core−shell interface allowed their formation. Growth in the ⟨100⟩ directions of the {100}-terminated Cu nanocubes resulted in the {110}-faceted rhombic dodecahedra. By the introduction of additional Pt precursor, the {100} vertices of the Cu−CuPt RD nanocrystals could be selectively extended to form spiny CuPt RD nanocrystals. After removing the Cu core template, both CuPt alloy RD and spiny CuPt alloy RD nanoframes (NFs) were obtained with Pt/Cu ratios of 26/ 74 and 41/59, respectively. Abundant surface defects render them highly active catalysts due to the open frame structure of both sets of NFs. The spiny RD NFs showed superior specific activity toward the oxygen reduction reaction, 1.3 and 3 times to those of the RD NFs and the commercial Pt/C catalysts, respectively. In 4-nitrophenol reduction, both NFs displayed better activity compared to commercial Pt NPs in the dark. Their activities were improved ∼1.3 times under irradiation of visible light, attributed to the effect of LSPR enhancement by the Cu-rich skeleton.
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