Unconventional hexagonal open Prussian blue analog structures

Jinwen Yin; Jing Wang; Mingzi Sun; Yajie Yang; Jia Lyu; Lei Wang; Xinglong Dong; Chenliang Ye; Haibo Bao; Jun Guo; Bo Chen; Xichen Zhou; Li Zhai; Zijian Li; Zhen He; Qinxin Luo; Xiang Meng; Yangbo Ma; Jingwen Zhou; Pengyi Lu; Yunhao Wang; Wenxin Niu; Zijian Zheng; Yu Han; Daliang Zhang; Shibo Xi; Ye Yuan; Bolong Huang; Peng Guo; Zhanxi Fan

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Unconventional hexagonal open Prussian blue analog structures

Jinwen Yin, Jing Wang, Mingzi Sun, Yajie Yang, Jia Lyu, Lei Wang, Xinglong Dong, Chenliang Ye, Haibo Bao, Jun Guo, Bo Chen, Xichen Zhou, Li Zhai, Zijian Li, Zhen He, Qinxin Luo, Xiang Meng, Yangbo Ma, Jingwen Zhou, Pengyi LuYunhao Wang, Wenxin Niu, Zijian Zheng, Yu Han, Daliang Zhang, Shibo Xi, Ye Yuan^*, Bolong Huang^*, Peng Guo^*, Zhanxi Fan^*

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Prussian blue analogs (PBAs), as a classical kind of microporous materials, have attracted substantial interests considering their well-defined framework structures, unique physicochemical properties and low cost. However, PBAs typically adopt cubic structure that features small pore size and low specific surface area, which greatly limits their practical applications in various fields ranging from gas adsorption/separation to energy conversion/storage and biomedical treatments. Here we report the facile and general synthesis of unconventional hexagonal open PBA structures. The obtained hexagonal copper hexacyanocobaltate PBA prisms (H-CuCo) demonstrate large pore size and specific surface area of 12.32 Å and 1273 m² g⁻¹, respectively, well exceeding those (5.48 Å and 443 m² g⁻¹) of traditional cubic CuCo PBA cubes (C-CuCo). Significantly, H-CuCo exhibits much superior gas uptake capacity over C-CuCo toward carbon dioxide and small hydrocarbon molecules. Mechanism studies reveal that unsaturated Cu sites with planar quadrilateral configurations in H-CuCo enhance the gas adsorption performance. © The Author(s) 2025.

Original language	English
Article number	370
Journal	Nature Communications
Volume	16
Online published	3 Jan 2025
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-55775-w
Publication status	Published - 2025

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Z.F. acknowledges the grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 22175148), grant from the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (Project No. 21309322), grant from Shenzhen Science and Technology Program (Project No. JCYJ20220530140815035), ITC via Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center, and grants from City University of Hong Kong (Project No. 9610480, 9610663, 7020103, 7006007 and 9680301). P.G. acknowledges the funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 22288101, and 22372156). S.X. acknowledges the funding grant from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) through the Low Carbon Energy Research Finding Initiative (LCERFI01-0033|U2102d2006).

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