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photosensitive system and could convert 3O2 into 1O2, was
incorporated into DPA-MOF due to their potential coordination to
Zr6 cluster. The optimized synthetic condition could produce the
core-shell TCPP@DPA-MOF rather than the mixture of different
MOFs. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and SEM
images of TCPP@DPA-MOF show approximately 510 nm of
core-shell nanoparticles with high uniformity and narrow size
distribution (Figure 4b-4d). It is reasoned that the thermodynamic
stability of DPA-MOF inhibited possible formation of TCPP-MOF,
which was also controlled by the low dose of TCPP. The
photosensitizer of TCPP, containing multiple carboxylates, could
readily participate in the coordination of Zr6 clusters by partially
substituting DPA linkers during the post-growth of DPA-MOF.
Once TCPP was installed inside the framework, the “ship-in-a-
bottle” effect resulting from the pore windows of DPA-MOF and
the robustness Zr-COO bonds could prevent the leaching of
TCPP (Figure S33).[16] The elemental mapping of C, N, Zr and
Pd(TCPP) in a single TCPP@DPA-MOF showed the core-shell
structure in terms of both geometrical and compositional
distributions (Figure 4e). Meanwhile, TCPP@DPA-MOF exhibited
additional peaks from TCPP absorbance in UV/Vis spectrum,
demonstrating that TCPP was incorporated into DPA-MOF
(Figure S34).
upon photochemical induction and heating (Figure 5a). It was
found that the fluorescence emission of TCPP@DPA-MOF at 450
nm gradually quenched upon 660 nm LED irradiation, suggesting
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that TCPP@DPA-MOF not only converted O2 into O2 upon 660
nm LED irradiation, but also trapped 1O2 to form the
corresponding TCPP@EPO-MOF (Figure 5b, 5c). Meanwhile,
TCPP@DPA-MOF was capable of trapping O2 in water by
monitoring O2 concentration upon visible light irradiation (Figure
S35). Furthermore, we confirmed that TCPP@EPO-MOF could
release O2 under 254 nm UV irradiation, and restore to parent
TCPP@DPA-MOF (Figure 5d). The reversibility of TCPP@DPA-
MOF was performed by alternating cycles of switching between
different light exposures (Figure 5e). The structure and
morphology of TCPP@DPA-MOF showed no significant changes
in reversible chemical transformation (Figure S36, S39 and S40).
Additionally, TCPP@EPO-MOF could also converted into parent
TCPP@DPA-MOF upon heating for the release of oxygen (Figure
S37, S38).
In summary, we demonstrated that DPA-MOF could trap 1O2 to
form the corresponding EPO-MOF, which could be restored to
parent DPA-MOF upon UV irradiation or heating. Benefitting from
the robust coordination interaction between Zr6 clusters and the
linkers, the cycloreversion of EPO-MOF is favored over hemolytic
cleavage. Therefore, recurring multiple cycles of photo-
oxygenation and subsequent UV irradiation or heating, the
crystalline structure of MOF well retained and the performance for
reversible binding of O2 exhibited no significant changes.
Furthermore, we confirmed that TCPP could be incorporated into
DPA-MOF for the fabrication of core-shell TCPP@DPA-MOF,
which showed reversible binding oxygen through switching
Vis/UV irradiation.
Acknowledgements
This work was financially supported by the National Natural
Science Foundation of China (51833007, 51873162 and
51690152).
Keywords: metal-organic framework • structural transformation
• chemical binding • endoperoxide • oxygen
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