顾宏伟教授与美国科罗拉多大学波尔得分校Wei Zhang教授合作在 J. Am. Chem. Soc. 上发表研究论文

Synthesis of Ultrafine and Highly Dispersed Metal Nanoparticles Confined in a Thioether-Containing Covalent Organic Framework and Their Catalytic Applications

Shuanglong Lu†‡,Yiming Hu,Shun Wan§,Ryan McCaffrey,Yinghua Jin,Hongwei Gu*(顾宏伟), andWei Zhang*


Key Laboratory of Organic Synthesis of Jiangsu Province, College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Suzhou Nano Science and Technology,Soochow University, Suzhou 215123,China

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309,United States

§NCO Technologies LLC, Concord, North Carolina 28027,United States


J. Am. Chem. Soc.,2017,139(47), 17082--17088


Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) with well-defined and customizable pore structures are promising templates for the synthesis of nanomaterials with controllable sizes and dispersity. Herein, a thioether-containing COF has been rationally designed and used for the confined growth of ultrafine metal nanoparticles (NPs). Pt or Pd nanoparticles (Pt NPs and Pd NPs) immobilized inside the cavity of the COF material have been successfully prepared at a high loading with a narrow size distribution (1.7 ± 0.2 nm). We found the crystallinity of the COF support and the presence of thioether groups inside the cavities are critical for the size-controlled synthesis of ultrafine NPs. The as-prepared COF-supported ultrafine Pt NPs and Pd NPs show excellent catalytic activity respectively in nitrophenol reduction and Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction under mild conditions and low catalyst loading. More importantly, they are highly stable and easily recycled and reused without loss of their catalytic activities. Such COF-supported size-controlled synthesis of nanoparticles will open a new frontier on design and preparation of metal NP@COF composite materials for various potential applications, such as catalysis and development of optical and electronic materials.


  

  


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