Year: 2014
Journal: Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 10144-10147, 20141020
Authors: Nour Nijem,* Hendrik Bluhm, May L. Ng, Martin Kunz,Stephen R. Leone Mary K. Gilles
Last authors: Mary K. Gilles
Organizations: a Departments of Chemistry and Physics, University of California Berkeley, USA b Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1-Cyclotron Rd, Berkeley, USA c SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, USA d Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 1-Cyclotron Rd, USA
Country: USA, United States of America
Spectroscopic evidence for an enhanced binding of Nitric Oxide (NO) to metal centers with lower oxidation states (open Cu1+ sites) in Cu3(btc)2 (HKUST-1) is presented. The Cu1+ sites created by thermal treatment or X-ray exposure exhibit a preferential adsorption of NO compared to H2O. This phenomenon demonstrates the potential use of MOFs with lower oxidation state metal centers for selective gas separation.
