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Template-Assisted, Seed-Mediated Synthesis of Hierarchically Mesoporous Core–Shell UiO-66: Enhancing Adsorption Capacity and Catalytic Activity through Iterative Growth

A hierarchically mesoporous (HM) UiO-66-F 4 shell with ~8 nm mesopores can be iteratively grown on top of UiO-66 nanoparticle (NP) seeds over several cycles templated by Pluronic F-127 micelles. Presumably, the Pluronic micelles that were formed in water can surround UiO-66 NPs to facilitate the overgrowth of an HM-UiO-66-F 4 shell in the presence of Zr IV precursors and BDC-F 4 linkers. The UiO-66 NP seeds play an important role in directing the continuous growth of the HM-UiO-66-F 4 shell, as only a nonporous phase was obtained in their absence. Furthermore, this template-assisted, seed-mediated method can be extended to produce other UiO-66-X (X = (OH) 2 , (COOH) 2 , etc.) shells, demonstrating its generality for the UiO-66 family of metal–organic frameworks. Notably, the incorporation of mesopores into the thrice-overgrown UiO-66@HM|3rd-UiO-66-F 4 materials leads to impressive enhancements in the per-mass uptake capacity of Direct Blue 86, a large anionic dye: 320% better than the parent UiO-66 seeds and 150% better than that for a [UiO-66 + UiO-66-F 4 ] physical mixture at the same mass proportion. Similar enhancements were also observed in the catalyzed oxidation of thioanisole.

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