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Dynamic Confinement and High‐Entropy Catalytic Synergy Engineering in Hollow Nano‐Metal‐Organic Frameworks

Ziming Qiu, Xingye Lu, Yong Li, Wanchang Feng, Fan Yu, Shuai Cao, Yuxin Shi, Hsiao‐Chien Chen, Chengang Pei, Mohsen Shakouri, Zheng Liu, Yecan Pi, Yizhou Zhang, Yanwei Sui, Huan Pang

2025Advanced Materials19 citationsDOI

Abstract

Abstract The systematic regulation of the pore size and chemical environment of nano‐metal‐organic skeletons (n‐MOFs) has been challenged, making it difficult to study their structure‐property relationships in depth. In this study, a universal dynamic template strategy is proposed and successfully achieves the controllable construction of various hollow n‐MOFs (including ZIF‐67, Co‐BTC, etc.). Based on this, the progressive optimization mechanism of pore size limitation (3.4–18 Å), functional group modification (─H, ─NH 2 , etc.), and multi‐metal (Co, Ni, etc.) synergism on the performance of lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries is systematically revealed, and the long‐cycle‐life sulfur host HE‐MOF‐74 is further screened. The experimental findings and in situ characterizations collectively demonstrate that hierarchical structural optimization synergistically mitigates active material deactivation and host structure degradation. This work not only provides an integrated “synthesis‐structure‐performance” material design paradigm for Li–S batteries, but also provides a theoretical basis for extending the multiscale optimization logic to other multistep reactive systems.

Topics & Concepts

Materials scienceNano-NanotechnologyCatalysisMetal-organic frameworkMetalEntropy (arrow of time)ThermodynamicsPhysical chemistryMetallurgyAdsorptionComposite materialOrganic chemistryChemistryPhysicsMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsIonic liquids properties and applicationsMachine Learning in Materials Science