Abstract
Using ionic liquid (IL) [Bmim]Br (Bmim=1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium) as solvent has resulted in a polyoxometalate-based metal-organic framework (PMOFs), [CuIBbi]4SiW12O40·H2O (1) [Bbi=1,1-(1,4-butanediyl)-bis(imidazole)], and was produced via an ionothermal route. Its structure was determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Compound 1 is a 1-D ladder with large voids, resulting in a 3-D supermolecular structure using the classic Keggin-type anion as a second building block. This means utilizing ILs to construct 3-D PMOFs can be efficiently realized. Additionally, electrochemical, electrocatalytic, and photocatalytic properties of 1 were studied.
Supplementary material
IR spectrum and X-ray crystallographic information file (CIF) are available for 1. Further crystallographic data have been deposited with the Cambridge Crystallography Data Center (CCDC) as deposition number CCDC 784715 for 1. The data can be obtained free of charge from the CCDC, 12 Union Road, Cambridge CB2 1EZ, UK, via Fax: (+44 1223 336033) or E-mail: ([email protected]).
Acknowledgments
This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51203082) and Guangxi Natural Science Foundation (0832280).