Qinghu Zhao

The use of reduced copper metal-organic frameworks to facilitate CuAAC click chemistry.

A reduced copper metal-organic framework (rCu-MOF) containing CuI ions was prepared by reducing raw MOFs (Cu-BTC). A series of polymer functionalizations and coupling reactions could subsequently be achieved via CuAAC click chemistry, thus demonstrating the high activity, facile recyclability and good structural stability of rCu-MOFs for catalytic applications.

Continuous assembly of a polymer on a metal–organic framework (CAP on MOF): a 30 nm thick polymeric gas separation membrane

We have developed a bottom-up approach to fabricate an ultra-thin (∼30 nm), continuous and defect-free polymeric membrane on a rough micro-scale MOF layer. This polymer-on-MOF architecture exhibits a promising CO2/N2 separation performance with a CO2 permeance of >3000 GPU and a CO2/N2 selectivity of 34. To the best of our knowledge, this membrane has the best CO2/N2 separation performance compared to any other membrane reported in the open literature.

Pd(0) loaded Zn2(azoBDC)2(dabco) as a heterogeneous catalyst

We report a novel Pd(0) loaded metal–organic framework (MOF) catalyst, namely Pd@Zn2(azoBDC)2(dabco). The efficient catalytic activity and good recyclability of the heterogeneous catalyst carrier are demonstrated through the probe reduction reaction of 4-nitrophenol (NP) to 4-aminophenol (AP) by sodium borohydride (NaBH4).