Abstract
Propionic acid could efficiently affect the formation of Cr-benzenedicarboxylate metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), giving rise to yielding products with various structures. Generally, nano-sized crystals of MIL-101(Cr) can be prepared with comparatively lower concentration of propionic acid (0.6 M), which possessed high porosity (SBET = 2720 m2/g). The hierarchically porous (HP) MIL-101(Cr) was obtained with medium concentration of propionic acid (1.2 M), and micro-rod like crystals of MIL-88B(Cr) was formed in high concentration of propionic acid (1.8 M). Compare to bulk MIL-101(Cr) and nano-sized MIL-101(Cr), HP-MIL-101(Cr) showed much higher uptake of methylene blue (119.1 mg/L) in aqueous. This approach can offer a facile and effective pathway to synthesize stable hierarchically porous Cr-benzenedicarboxylate MOF for the applications in pollutant treatment fields.
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