Amine-functionalized metal-organic frameworks loaded with Ag nanoparticles for cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides

  • Huiyu Fu ,
  • Jiewen Wu ,
  • Changhai Liang ,
  • Xiao Chen
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  • State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals & Laboratory of Advanced Materials and Catalytic Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
changhai@dlut.edu.cn
xiaochen@dlut.edu.cn

Received date: 26 Mar 2024

Accepted date: 05 May 2024

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2024 Higher Education Press

Abstract

With the advantages of low raw material cost and 100% atom utilization, the synthesis of high value-added chemical product cyclic carbonates by the cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides has become one of the most prospective approaches to achieve the industrial utilization of CO2. In the reported catalytic systems, the complexity of the catalyst synthesis process, high cost, separation difficulties, and low CO2 capture limit the catalytic efficiency and its large-scale application. In this paper, Ag nanoparticles loaded on polyethyleneimine (PEI)-modified UiO-66-NH2 (Ag/PEI@UiO-66-NH2) are successfully synthesized by in situ immersion reduction. The Ag nanoparticles and the amino groups on the surfaces of PEI@UiO-66-NH2 contribute to the adsorption of CO2 and polarization of C–O bonds in epoxides, thereby boosting the conversion capability for the CO2 cycloaddition reaction. At the amount of propylene oxide of 0.25 mol and the catalyst dosage of 1% of the substrate, the yield and selectivity of propylene carbonate are up to 99%. In addition, the stability and recyclability of Ag/PEI@UiO-66-NH2 catalyst are attained. The Ag/PEI@UiO-66-NH2 catalyst also demonstrates a wide range of activity and distinctive selectivity toward cyclo-carbonates in the cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides. This work provides a guide to designing a highly efficient catalyst for in situ capture and high-value utilization of CO2 in industrial applications.

Cite this article

Huiyu Fu , Jiewen Wu , Changhai Liang , Xiao Chen . Amine-functionalized metal-organic frameworks loaded with Ag nanoparticles for cycloaddition of CO2 to epoxides[J]. Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2024 , 18(11) : 126 . DOI: 10.1007/s11705-024-2477-2

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Acknowledgements

We acknowledge with pleasure the support of this work by the National Key R&D Program of China (Grant No. 2023YFB4103404), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 22272014 and 22161132005), the Science and Technology Plan Project of Liaoning Province (Grant No. 2023JH1/10400040), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant No. DUT2021TD103). We thank Dr. Alex C. W. Tsang from the Technological and Higher Education Institute of Hong Kong for improving the English of the manuscript.

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