Understanding the Inhibiting Effect of BTC on CuBTC Growth through Experiment and Modeling

Philipp Schäfer, Freek Kapteijn, Monique A. Van Der Veen*, Katrin F. Domke

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Abstract

The room temperature growth kinetics of the commonly studied metal-organic framework CuBTC (HKUST-1) is investigated with UV/vis absorption spectroscopy. Contrary to chemical intuition, increased concentrations of the BTC ligand slows down the formation of CuBTC. Based on the time-resolved experimental data, a kinetic model is proposed for CuBTC growth. This model is based on a chemical reaction equation sequence for the production of CuBTC including an overcoordinated, slowly reacting Cu-BTCx species. This growth model excellently captures the temporal CuBTC development over the entire range of concentration conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5603-5607
Number of pages5
JournalCrystal Growth & Design
Volume17
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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