Novel Approach In Optimizing Rhodium Intake Into a Copper Benzene-1,3,5-Tricarboxylate Bimetallic Metal Organic Framework Thin Film to Increase Conductivity

Author(s)

Vamsi Gorrepati

School Name

Spring Valley High School

Grade Level

12th Grade

Presentation Topic

Chemistry

Presentation Type

Mentored

Abstract

Metal-Organic Frameworks are crystalline structures that consist of metal ion clusters in the center with organic ligands. These structures are incredibly porous and hold promise for increasing the conductivity of chemiresistive sensors for gasses and for improving the potential in photovoltaic cells. Modifying MOF's modular framework with bimetallics utilize semiconductive properties to increase the efficiency of electron transfer. In this experiment, rhodium was used a second metal to be incorporated into a Cu3(BTC)2 MOF. Various temperatures and times were tested to optimize the amount of rhodium incorporated into the MOF. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to calculate ratio of rhodium to copper which determined percent rhodium incorporated on the MOF. Through analysis of the inferential statistics on rhodium incorporated, it was shown that the treatments were significant (F(2,4)=43.24, p=0.013), however, time (F(5,4)=0.61, p=0.621) was not significant. A tukey test, showed that treatments 2 and 3 were significantly different than the control (treatment 1) as p<0.05. Though treatment 2 had a higher average rhodium percentage than treatment 3, a tukey test showed that there was no significant difference between the 3-2 as p=0.284. Based on the experimentation rhodium was successfully able to be integrated into the MOF structure forming a bimetallic CuRhBTC MOF.

Location

Furman Hall 108

Start Date

3-28-2020 11:15 AM

Presentation Format

Oral and Written

Group Project

No

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Mar 28th, 11:15 AM

Novel Approach In Optimizing Rhodium Intake Into a Copper Benzene-1,3,5-Tricarboxylate Bimetallic Metal Organic Framework Thin Film to Increase Conductivity

Furman Hall 108

Metal-Organic Frameworks are crystalline structures that consist of metal ion clusters in the center with organic ligands. These structures are incredibly porous and hold promise for increasing the conductivity of chemiresistive sensors for gasses and for improving the potential in photovoltaic cells. Modifying MOF's modular framework with bimetallics utilize semiconductive properties to increase the efficiency of electron transfer. In this experiment, rhodium was used a second metal to be incorporated into a Cu3(BTC)2 MOF. Various temperatures and times were tested to optimize the amount of rhodium incorporated into the MOF. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) was used to calculate ratio of rhodium to copper which determined percent rhodium incorporated on the MOF. Through analysis of the inferential statistics on rhodium incorporated, it was shown that the treatments were significant (F(2,4)=43.24, p=0.013), however, time (F(5,4)=0.61, p=0.621) was not significant. A tukey test, showed that treatments 2 and 3 were significantly different than the control (treatment 1) as p<0.05. Though treatment 2 had a higher average rhodium percentage than treatment 3, a tukey test showed that there was no significant difference between the 3-2 as p=0.284. Based on the experimentation rhodium was successfully able to be integrated into the MOF structure forming a bimetallic CuRhBTC MOF.