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Delicate Tuning of Reaction Thermodynamics via Formation of Bimetal Phenoxide: Synthesis, Structure, and Hydrogen Storage Performance

May 2, 2025
Author(s)
Nor I. Nordin, Khai C. Tan, Hong Wen, Xiaohua Ju, Wei Zhou, Hui Wu, Teng He, Ping Chen, Yong Chua
Arene-cycloalkane pairs are promising for hydrogen storage but often encounter unfavorable thermodynamic and kinetic issues in hydrogenation and dehydrogenation. A recent strategy to circumvent thermodynamic constraints involves introducing electron

Alkali metal pyridinolate/piperidinolate pairs: A new type of materials for efficient reversible hydrogen storage

April 1, 2025
Author(s)
Alexis Munyentwali, Yang Yu, Xingchi Zhou, Wei Zhou, Qijun Pei, Khai Chen Tan, Anan Wu, Hui Wu, Teng He, Ping Chen
Chemical hydrogen storage in organic materials is a promising method thanks to its high storage density, reversibility, and safety. However, the dehydrogenation process of organic materials requires high temperatures due to their unfavorable thermodynamic

Insight into the Spin Reorientation Phase Transition in the Magnetocaloric NdNi Compound

April 1, 2025
Author(s)
Yawei Gao, Xinqi Zheng, Hui Wu, Juping Xu, He Huang, Dingsong Wang, Hao Liu, Shanshan Zhen, Yang Pan, Lei Xi, Guyue Wang, Zixiao Zhang, Guangrui Zhang, Anxu Ma, Zhe Chen, Dan Liu, Zhaojun Mo, Jiawang Xu, Wen Yin, Shouguo Wang, Baogen Shen
Exploring and comprehending magnetocaloric materials with spin reorientation (SR) phase transition is of vital importance for practical applications of magnetocaloric effect (MCE). Herein, this study presents a systematic study on the magnetic properties,

An Adaptive Metal-Organic Framework Discriminates Xylene Isomers by Shape-Responsive Deformation

December 4, 2024
Author(s)
Jiaqi Li, Bin Sheng, Rundao Chen, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Fang Zheng, Baojian Liu, Qiwei Yang, Zhiguo Zhang, Yiwen Yang, Qilong Ren, Zongbi Bao
The separation of xylene isomers, especially para-xylene, is a crucial but challenging process in the chemical industry due to their similar molecular dimensions. Here, a flexible metal–organic framework, Ni(ina)2, (ina = isonicotinic acid) is employed to

Single-Crystalline 3D Covalent Organic Frameworks with Exceptionally High Specific Surface Areas and Gas Storage Capacities

October 11, 2024
Author(s)
Baoqiu Yu, Yu Tao, Xuan Yao, Yucheng Jin, Shan Liu, Tongtong Xu, Hailong Wang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Xin Zhou, Xiao Wang, Xu Ding, Xin Xiao, Yue-Biao Zhang, Jianzhuang Jiang
Single-crystalline covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are highly desirable towards understanding their pore chemistry and functions. Herein, two 50100 μm single-crystalline three-dimensional (3D) COFs, TAM-TFPB-COF and TAPB-TFS-COF, were fabricated from

Synthesis, Structure, and Ion Conduction of Potassium Carbazolides for Potassium Ion Solid-State Electrolytes

September 20, 2024
Author(s)
Jiaquan Guo, Yang Yu, Khai Chen Tan, Qijun Pei, Zhao Li, Yuting Wang, Alexis Munyentwali, Hui Wu, Teng He, Ping Chen
Potassium ion batteries gradually have aroused worldwide interest due to the limited lithium resource. However, the research on the solid-state potassium-ion batteries is at its very early stage. The lack of electrolytes with high ionic conductivity and in

Magnetic transitions and magnetocaloric effect of Pr(Ga,Ge) compounds

September 1, 2024
Author(s)
Hao Liu, Xinqi Zheng, Hui Wu, Juping Xu, Yawei Gao, Dingsong Wang, Jiawang Xu, Shanshan Zhen, Jiahao Gao, Yang Pan, Guyue Wang, Jingyan Zhang, He Huang, Yanfei Wu, Wen Yin, Shouguo Wang, Baogen Shen
The effect of Ge substitution for Ga atoms on the magnetic properties and MCE of the resulting Pr(Ga,Ge) compounds was systematically investigated by the combined magnetic measurements and neutron powder diffraction (NPD) experiments. Two magnetic

Reverse Separation of Carbon Dioxide and Acetylene in Two Isostructural Copper Pyridine-Carboxylate Frameworks

July 21, 2024
Author(s)
Jing-Hong Li, You-Wei Gan, Jun-Xian Chen, Rui-Biao Lin, Yisi Yang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen, Xiao-Ming Chen
Separating acetylene from carbon dioxide is important but highly challenging due to their similar molecular shapes and physical properties. Adsorptive separation of carbon dioxide from acetylene can directly produce pure acetylene but is hardly realized

Water-Enhanced CO2 Capture with Molecular Salt Sodium Guanidinate

June 3, 2024
Author(s)
Hayden Evans, Marcus Carter, Wei Zhou, Taner N. Yildirim, Craig Brown, Hui Wu
Solid-state amine absorbent materials, including those containing guanidine derivatives, have received tremendous attention as the world combats the challenges of climate change. Although these materials are attractive for their selective CO2 capture

Giant Low-Field Magnetocaloric Effect in the Superlattice Antiferromagnetic ErFe2Si2 Compound

February 13, 2024
Author(s)
D. Wang, X. Zheng, J. Xu, L. He, Y. Gao, H. Huang, Hui Wu, X. Cao, D. Liu, J. Shen, G. Wang, J. Zhang, Y. Wu, F. Hu, S. Wang, B. Shen
We present herein a systematic study of a polycrystalline magnetocaloric compound ErFe2Si2. It exhibits a transition from the antiferromagnetic to the paramagnetic phase around 3.0 K according to magnetic and heat capacity measurements. Neutron powder

Observation of Interpenetrated Topology Isomerism for Covalent Organic Frameworks with Atom-Resolution Single Crystal Structures

November 9, 2023
Author(s)
Baoqiu Yu, Wenliang Li, Xiao Wang, Jing-Hong Li, Rui-Biao Lin, Hailong Wang, Xu Ding, Yucheng Jin, Xiya Yang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Jingping Zhang, Jianzhuang Jiang
Rational control and understanding of isomerism are of significance but still remain a great challenge in reticular frameworks, in particular, for covalent organic frameworks (COFs) due to the complicated synthesis and energy factors. Herein, reaction of 3

Construction of Negative Electrostatic Pore Environments in a Scalable, Stable and Low-Cost Metal-Organic Framework for One-Step Ethylene Purification from Ternary Mixtures

October 26, 2023
Author(s)
Hui-Min Wen, Chenyi Yu, Miaoyu Liu, Chenyan Lin, Beiyu Zhao, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Banglin Chen, Jun Hu
One-step separation of C2H4 from ternary C2mixtures by physisorbents remains a challenge to combine excellent separation performance with high stability, low cost, and easy scalability for industrial applications. Herein, we report a strategy of

Linkage conversions in single-crystalline covalent organic frameworks

September 18, 2023
Author(s)
Baoqiu Yu, Rui-Biao Lin, Gang Xu, Zhi-Hua Fu, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Shanfu Lu, Qian-Wen Li, Yucheng Jin, Jing-Hong Li, Zhenguo Zhang, Hailong Wang, Zier Yan, Xiaolin Liu, Kang Wang, Banglin Chen, Jianzhuang Jiang
Single-crystal X-ray diffraction is a powerful characterization technique that enables the determination of atomic arrangements in crystalline materials. Growing or retaining large single crystals amenable to it has, however, remained challenging with

Pore Modulation of Hydrogen-Bonded Organic Frameworks for Efficient Separation of Propylene

September 11, 2023
Author(s)
Youlie Cai, Junkuo Gao, Jing-Hong Li, Puxu Liu, Yanchun Zheng, Wei Zhou, Hui Wu, Libo Li, Rui-Biao Lin, Banglin Chen
Developing hydrogen-bonded organic frameworks (HOFs) that combine functional sites, size control, and storage capability for targeting gas molecule capture is a novel and challenging venture. However, there is a lack of effective strategies to tune the

Layered Porous Molecular Crystals via Interdigitation-Directed Assembly

August 16, 2023
Author(s)
Nie Fang, Siquan Zhang, Zhenchuang Xu, Si Chen, Xu Zhang, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Yanchuan Zhao
Building robust porous molecular architectures with van der Waals interactions holds promise for advancements in catalysis, chemosensing, and separation techniques. In a macroscopic context, grand buildings, toy houses, and jigsaw puzzles can be

Sodium Carbazolide and Derivatives as Solid-State Electrolytes for Sodium-Ion Batteries

June 26, 2023
Author(s)
Yang Yu, Jintao Wang, Zhaoxian Qin, Yingtong Lv, Qijun Pei, Khai C. Tan, Tengfei Zhang, Anan Wu, Hui Wu, Andrew S. Lipton, Ping Chen
Replacing widely used organic liquid electrolytes with solid-state electrolytes (SSEs) could effectively solve the safety issues in sodium-ion batteries. Efforts on seeking novel solid-state electrolytes have been continued for decades. However, issues

Thermal Polymorphism in CsCB11H12

March 1, 2023
Author(s)
Radovan Cerny, Matteo Brighi, Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Mirjana Dimitrievska, Fabrizio Murgia, Valerio Gulino, Petra de Jongh, Benjamin Trump, Terrence J. Udovic
Thermal polymorphism in the alkali-metal salts incorporating the icosohedral monocarba-hydridoborate anion, CB11H12, results in intriguing dynamical properties leading to superionic conductivity for the lightest alkali-metal analogues, LiCB11H12 and

Characterizing the ZrBe 2 H x Phase Diagram via Neutron Scattering Methods

January 1, 2023
Author(s)
Hui Wu, Wei Zhou, Terrence J. Udovic, Jr. Bowman, Bjorn C. Hauback
It is well-known that ZrBe 2H 1.5 exists as a single-phase hydride with hexagonal P6/mmm symmetry that undergoes some type of hydrogen sublattice ordering below 200 K (235-250 K for ZrBe 2D 1.5&). Both neutron powder diffraction and neutron vibrational
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