Tuning optical properties of MOF-based thin films by changing the ligands of MOFs

Science China Materials - 2017
Wenchang Yin1, Cheng-an Tao1, Fang Wang1, Jian Huang1, Tianliang Qu2, Jianfang Wang1
1College of Science, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China
2College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, China

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The preparation and development of novel optical thin films are of great importance to functional optical and opto-electric components requiring a low refractive index. In this study, a typical metal-organic framework (MOF), MIL-101(Cr), is selected as the research model. The corresponding MOF nanoparticles are prepared by a hydrothermal method and the optical thin films are successfully prepared by spin-coating. The optical properties of the corresponding MOF thin films are controlled by changing the type of functional groups on the benzene ring of the ligand (terephthalic acid) on MOFs. The functional groups are hydrogen atoms (H), electron donating groups (−NH2, −OH) and electron withdrawing groups (−NO2, −(NO2)2 or F4), respectively. It is found that the effective refractive index (neff) of MOF thin films decreases along with the increasing voids among MOF nanoparticles. In addition, the extinction coefficient (k) increases with the addition of electron donating groups, and decreases with the addition of electron withdrawing groups. Among the MOFs used in this study, the neff of NO2-MIL-101(Cr) containing electron withdrawing groups is as low as ∼1.2, and value of k is particularly low, which suggests its potential application in antireflective devices. In addition, the intrinsic refractive index (ndense) of the dense MOF materials evaluated according to their porosity increases with the number of the functional groups, and the ndense of the two nitro-substituted MOFs is greater than that of the single nitro-substituted one, and the latter is bigger than that of hydroxyl-substituted one, which is close to that of amino-functionalized one. The diversity of ligands in MOFs makes them a promising new generation of optical materials.

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