Scalable room-temperature conversion of copper(II) hydroxide into HKUST-1 (Cu3 (btc)2).

Majano, Gerardo; Pérez-Ramírez, Javier · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Copper(II) hydroxide is converted directly to HKUST-1 (Cu(3) (btc)(2) ) after only 5 min at room-temperature in aqueous ethanolic solution without the need of additional solvents. Scale up to the kilogram scale does not influence porous properties yielding pure-phase product with a remarkable total surface area exceeding 1700 m(2) g(-1) featuring aggregates of nanometer-sized crystals (<600 nm) and extremely high space-time yields.

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