Description
Key Structural & Functional Advantages
MOF-801’s performance stems from its robust zirconium-fumarate architecture and tailored properties:
Zirconium-Fumarate Framework:
High Thermal Stability: Withstands temperatures up to 400°C under inert conditions, ensuring reliability in high-temperature processes .
Chemical Resilience: Stable across a broad pH range (1–12) and resistant to organic solvents, making it suitable for harsh industrial environments .
Microporous Architecture:
Ultra-Small Pores (~0.4 nm): Enables molecular sieving of small gases (e.g., H₂, CO₂) and selective adsorption of fluoride ions and toxic metals .
High Surface Area (≥900 m²/g): Maximizes adsorption capacity for water vapor, pollutants, and gas mixtures .
Hydrophilicity & Water Management:
Atmospheric Water Harvesting: Efficiently adsorbs water vapor from air (even at low humidity), releasing freshwater upon heating—critical for arid-region water supply .
Cooling System Adsorbent: Facilitates adsorption-driven cooling cycles by reversibly capturing and releasing water .
Tunable Reactivity:
Open Metal Sites: Zirconium nodes enable Lewis acid catalysis and redox activity for hydrogen storage, photocatalysis, and environmental remediation .
Functionalization Compatibility: Supports post-synthetic modification (e.g., amine grafting) to enhance selectivity in gas separation or catalysis .
Core Applications
1. Atmospheric Water Harvesting
Freshwater Generation: Adsorbs water vapor from humid air (RH ≥30%) and releases pure water upon mild heating (≤100°C), achieving yields of 1.02 g H₂O/g MOF under arid conditions .
Sustainable Cooling: Integrates into adsorption chillers to replace traditional vapor-compression systems, reducing energy consumption by 30–50% .
2. Gas Separation & Storage
Hydrogen Storage: High surface area and microporosity enable reversible H₂ adsorption (up to 2.0 wt% at 77K), supporting clean energy applications .
Propylene/Propane Separation: Exhibits a separation factor of 318 for C₃H₆/C₃H₈ mixtures via kinetic sieving, outperforming traditional zeolites .
CO₂ Capture: Selectively adsorbs CO₂ from flue gases (adsorption capacity: 3.5 mmol/g at 298K, 1 bar) with rapid adsorption-desorption kinetics .
3. Catalysis & Environmental Remediation
Photocatalytic Oxidation: Drives light-induced degradation of organic pollutants (e.g., tetracycline antibiotics) under visible light, achieving 90% degradation efficiency within 3 hours .
Fluoride Removal: Selectively captures fluoride ions from aqueous solutions (e.g., brick tea infusions), achieving >80% removal within 5 minutes with minimal interference from other compounds .
Heavy Metal Adsorption: Chelates toxic metal ions (e.g., Pb²⁺, Hg²⁺) via hydroxyl groups on the framework, with adsorption capacities exceeding 200 mg/g for select metals .
4. Industrial Cooling & Energy Systems
Adsorption-Based Cooling: As a desiccant in adsorption chillers, MOF-801 enables low-grade heat (e.g., solar or waste heat) to power cooling cycles, reducing reliance on synthetic refrigerants .
Thermal Energy Storage: Stores thermal energy via reversible water adsorption/desorption, supporting grid stabilization and renewable energy integration .
Technical Specifications
Parameter Details
Chemical Composition Zirconium fumarate (Zr₆O₄(OH)₄(C₄H₂O₄)₆)
Appearance White crystalline powder
Particle Size ~600 nm (monodisperse)
BET Surface Area ≥900 m²/g (typically 950–1100 m²/g)
Pore Size ~0.4 nm (microporous)
Thermal Stability Up to 400°C (inert atmosphere)
pH Stability 1–12 (aqueous solutions)
Water Adsorption 1.02 g H₂O/g MOF at 30% RH, 25°C
Fluoride Adsorption >80% removal in 5 min (brick tea model)
Quality Assurance
Each batch of KAR-F37 undergoes rigorous characterization:
Every advanced material, component, equipment, and instrument in our catalog is backed by rigorous testing. We maintain strict internal quality management frameworks and align with CE conformity metrics to deliver transparent, reproducible performance data via our public open-science repository.
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