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Facile synthesis of γ-Fe2O3@porous carbon materials using an Fe-based metal–organic framework: structure and porosity study

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Metal oxide nanoparticle embedded porous carbon composite materials have various uses, including as catalyst supports and adsorbents, because of their good stability and unique porosity. Despite their importance, the synthetic strategies of metal-oxide nanoparticle-embedded porous carbon composites to control their properties have not been widely studied. Here, we present a facile synthesis method for γ-Fe2O3-embedded porous carbon materials via the pyrolysis of Fe-based metal–organic framework (MOF, MIL-100). We found that simple treatment to the starting material (MIL-100) allows control γ-Fe2O3 particle size, chemical composition, porosity, and H2 sorption property of the resulting composite materials. This work presents a synthesis of a series of porous carbon composites from a single MOF by treating further carbon source. This synthetic strategy may provide a clue for synthesis of a variety of composite materials using MOFs for battery electrode and catalyst applications.

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  1. Further experiment using different MOF is presented in electronic supplementary information. Although the porosity was not exactly controlled, we found that the surface area increased as increasing carbon contents. However, we also found that the nature of metal oxide NPs may affect to the porosity of the resulting composite materials.

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This work was supported by the Korea Foundation for the Advancement of Science and Creativity (KOFAC) and funded by the Korean Government (MOE). This work was also supported by the Principle Research Program of the Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute. We thank Mr. S. Kim and Y. Song for assistance for the XRD measurement and data analysis.

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Kim, E., Yoon, M. Facile synthesis of γ-Fe2O3@porous carbon materials using an Fe-based metal–organic framework: structure and porosity study. J Porous Mater 22, 1495–1502 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-015-0030-x

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