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Electronic Structure, Pore Size Distribution, and Sorption Characterization of an unusual MOF, {[Ni(dpbz)][Ni(CN)4]}n, dpbz=1,4-bis(4-pyridyl)benzene
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Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Izaak Williamson, Daniel W. Siderius, Jeffrey T. Culp, Yu-Sheng Chen, Lan Li, Matthew Lawson
Abstract
The monoclinic (Ni(L)[Ni(CN)4] (L= 1,4-Bis(4-pyridyl) benzene) compound (nick-name Ni-dpbz) is a flexible metal organic framework (MOF) which assumes a pillared structure with layers defined by 2D Ni[Ni(CN)4]n nets and dpbz ligands as pillars. The structure features an entrapped dpbz ligand that links between the open ends of four-fold Ni sites from two neighboring chains. This arrangement results in an unusual 5-fold pseudo square-pyramid environment for Ni and a significantly long Ni-N distance of 2.369(4) Å. Using Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, the different bonding characteristics between the 5-fold and 6-fold Nis were determined. We found that there is weak covalent bonding between the 5-fold Ni and N in the entrapped ligand, and the 6-fold Ni-N bonds provide effective electronic conduction. The disordered dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) solvent molecules are not bonded to the framework. The material has a single pore with a diameter of 4.1 Å. This pore includes approximately 55 % of the total free volume (based on a zero-diameter probe). The accessible pore surface area and pore volume were calculated to be 507 m2/g and 6.99 cm3/kg, respectively. The maximum amount of CO2 that can be accommodated in the pores after DMSO is removed was found to be 204 mg/g, agreeing with the results of adsorption/desorption experiments of about 220 mg/g.
Wong-Ng, W.
, Williamson, I.
, Siderius, D.
, Culp, J.
, Chen, Y.
, Li, L.
and Lawson, M.
(2018),
Electronic Structure, Pore Size Distribution, and Sorption Characterization of an unusual MOF, {[Ni(dpbz)][Ni(CN)4]}n, dpbz=1,4-bis(4-pyridyl)benzene, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5025674
(Accessed October 7, 2025)