Abstract
We prepared HKUST-1 (Cu3BTC2; BTC3- = 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylate) using a spray synthesis method with Li doping and defect created via partial replacement of H3BTC with isophthalic acid (IP) to enhance the H2 adsorption capacity. Li-doping was performed by incorporating LiNO3 in HKUST-1 via spray synthesis and subsequent thermal treatment for decomposing NO3-, which enhances H2 uptake at 77 K and 1 bar per unit mass and per unit area from 2.37 wt% and 4.16 molecules/nm2 for undoped HKUST-1 to 2.47 wt% and 4.33 molecules/nm2, respectively. Defect creation via the replacement of the BTC3- linker with the IP2- linker slightly in HKUST-1 skeleton did not affect H2 uptake. Both Li-doping and defect creation significantly enhanced H2 uptake to 3.03 wt%, which was caused by the coordination of Li ions with free carboxylic groups of the created defects via IP replacement.
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