Facile synthesis and characterization of novel dicarboxylate-Cu based MOFs materials
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Abstract
This work describes the synthesis and characterization of benzylimidazole (Bim) and piperazine (P) based metal organic framework (MOF) materials with two different linkers of adipic acid (A) and terephthalic acid (T) namely: ABim-Cu-MOF, TBim-Cu-MOF, AP-Cu-MOF, and TP-Cu-MOF. The physical and chemical characterization of these MOF materials were studied by elemental analysis (CHN), Fourier-transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR), powder x-ray diffraction (PXRD), BET surface area and thermogravimetric analyses. The synthesized MOF materials were used as a modifier for carbon paste electrode to study its electrochemical behaviour towards ferricyanide. The electrochemical characterization revealed that the newly synthesized MOFs offer an excellent potential as electrode modifier for the redox reaction of ferricyanide. The reaction was reversible and diffusion controlled with the calculated diffusion coefficient values in the range of (4.86 × 10−5–2.66 × 10−5 cm2 s−1). © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
Keywords
Piperazine, MOFs, Benzylimidazole, Ferricyanide, Adipic acid, Terephthalic acid
Divisions
CHEMISTRY
Funders
University Malaya of Research Grant (RP020A-16SUS and RG381-17AFR),IPPP grant (PG116-2014B),Higher Education Commission of Pakistan under FDP
Publication Title
Inorganica Chimica Acta
Volume
491
Publisher
Elsevier