Publication: Effect of Synthesis Methods Using Renewable PODFA on Structural Characteristics of Metal-Organic Framework (MOF-5)
Date
2016
Authors
Othman S.Z.
Misran H.
Affendy W.A.
Mahadi N.F.
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Publisher
Institute of Physics Publishing
Abstract
In this work, metal-organic framework (MOF-5) syntheses were successfully synthesized with three different methods namely i) modified direct-mixing method ii) microwave assisted method and iii) autoclave assisted method without using surfactants. Palm oil derived fatty alcohol (PODFA), dodecyl alcohol (C8) was used as renewable non-surfactant template. Four prominent peaks were observed in all three samples attributable to the reflection planes of (200), (220), (400) and (420) of a cubic structure at ca. 2? = 6.9�, 9.6�, 13.7� and 15.2�. The morphology of MOF-5 produced using modified direct-mixing method was faceted structure with average size of ca. 1 ?m. In addition, the morphology of MOF-5 produced using microwave assisted synthesis was cubic structure with average size of ca. 8.34 ?m. However, the morphology of MOF-5 using autoclave assisted method was interpenetrated cubic with average size of ca. 22.65 ?m.
Description
Alcohols; Crystalline materials; Mixing; Morphology; Organometallics; Palm oil; Pressure vessels; Surface active agents; Direct mixing method; Faceted structures; Metal organic framework; Microwave assisted synthesis; Microwave-assisted methods; Non-surfactant Template; Structural characteristics; Synthesis method; Java programming language; alcohol; numerical method; surfactant; temperature gradient; vegetable oil