Citation: Xiao-Bo YU, Zhao CHEN, Yuan-Jie MA, Ling LI, Wen-Ting CHANG, Bo LI, Cheng-Hui ZENG. Synthesis of Highly Luminescent LnMOFs through Structural Regulation[J]. Chinese Journal of Structural Chemistry, ;2022, 41(3): 220327. doi: 10.14102/j.cnki.0254-5861.2021-0013 shu

Synthesis of Highly Luminescent LnMOFs through Structural Regulation

Xiao-Bo YU ^{a, b} ,
Zhao CHEN ^{a, b} ,
Yuan-Jie MA ^{a, b} ,
Ling LI ^{a, b} ,
Wen-Ting CHANG ^{a, b} ,
Bo LI ^{a, b} ,
Cheng-Hui ZENG ^{a, b,,}

a.
College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, China
b.
Jiangxi Yuean Superfine Met Co Ltd, Ganzhou, Jiangxi 341000, China

Corresponding author: Cheng-Hui ZENG, chenghuizeng@jxnu.edu.cn
Received Date: 19 November 2021
Accepted Date: 25 November 2021

Fund Project: the National Natural Science Foundation of China 51962008Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province 20202BABL203018

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Two series of three dimensional (3D) lanthanide metal-organic frameworks (LnMOFs) of [Ln(tftpa)_1.5(phen)(H₂O)]_n (Ln = Sm 1a, Eu 1b, Tb 1c, Dy 1d, H₂tftpa = tetrafluoroterephthalic acid, phen = 1, 10-phenanthrolin) and [Ln(tftpa)_1.5(bpy)(H₂O)]_n (Ln = Sm 2a, Eu 2b, Tb 2c, Dy 2d, bpy = 2, 2΄-bipyridine) are obtained by structural regulation. Results reveal that the 3D LnMOFs show high water- and thermal-stability. Interestingly, through selecting the perfluorinated ligand, and using bpy as an auxiliary ligand to hold back the solvents near to the lanthanide ions, 2b, and 2c show high luminescence quantum yield (QY) of 74.50% and 60.03%, respectively. In order to further improve the luminescence QY, the auxiliary ligand of phen with larger conjugation and more rigid structure is synthesized to replace bpy, and fortunately, higher luminescence QY of 80.73% (1b) and 75.17% (1c) are realized.
- highly luminescent,
- LnMOFs,
- structural regulation,
- luminescence quantum yield
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