根据金属-有机骨架材料(MOFs)的设计思想,在MOF-5(对苯二甲酸为桥联配体,Zn4O金属簇为中心的配位化合物)的基础上设计了10种以Zn4O金属簇为中心(Corner),以不同基团单取代的对苯二甲酸(BDC)衍生物为桥联配体(Linker)的多孔材料。用巨正则蒙特卡罗(GCMC)模拟方法,计算了这些材料在298K、1-10MPa条件下对甲烷的吸附量,讨论了不同取代基与甲烷吸附量的关系。结果发现,在298K、3.5MPa时甲烷的吸附量主要取决于吸附热,并且以硝基取代的配体构成的MOF分子吸附甲烷效果最好。在此基础上,进一步设计了以四硝基取代对苯二甲酸为桥联配体的MOF-4NO2,该结构在相同条件下对甲烷的超额吸附量为209cm^3·cm^-3,总吸附量达到228cm^3·cm^-3,比美国能源部(DOE)提出的甲烷吸附材料应用要求标准高26%。
10 metal-organic framework molecules (MOFs) were designed based on the idea that the comers of those MOFs are consistent with that of MOF-5 (the complex with 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate as linker and Zn4O cluster as comer) but their linkers were changed into derivatives of 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate (BDC). Then, methane adsorption of new MOFs was calculated by grand canonical Monte Carlo (GCMC) method at 298 K and 1-10 MPa, and the adsorption amounts were correlated with different substituent groups. The results show that the isosteric heat of adsorption is the most important factor at 298 K and 3.5 MPa, and the adsorption amount is highest when the linker of MOFs is --NO2. At last, a designed MOF, which has 4 nitro groups on the BDC, was constructed and the corresponding methane adsorption amount was also calculated at the same conditions. The calculated amount of excess adsorption reaches 209 cm^3·cm^-3 and the calculated total adsorption attains 228 cm^3·cm^-3, which is 26% higher than the amount of DOE's requirement for methane storage materials.