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2 Chapter 1<br />

limitations of the (non-doped) parent MOFs. In particular, increased sorption capacity,<br />

selectivity and enhanced catalytic activity could be expected. Up to date, only limited<br />

reports have been dealing with the studies on DEMOFs and their application.<br />

Among the MOFs featuring CUSs and showing good performance on applications, HKUST-<br />

1 ([Cu3(BTC)2]n) is one of the widely and well investigated MOFs. Besides, its mixedvalence<br />

structural analogue [Ru3(BTC)2Yy]n (Y = counter-ions, 0≤y≤1.5) exhibits sufficient<br />

chemical and thermal stability, and can offer rich photo/redox chemistry. Hence, in this<br />

thesis those two kinds of MOFs with the general formula [M3(BTC)2]n have been chosen<br />

as candidates on the study of defect-engineering.<br />

However, before starting with the exploration of such intriguing DEMOFs, the formation<br />

of both “intrinsic” and “intentional” defects in MOFs should be wisely taken into account.<br />

Especially, in the case of [Ru3(BTC)2Yy]n, due to the kinetic reason, its formation should be<br />

carefully monitored. Hence, Chapter 3 in this thesis mainly focus on the parent<br />

[Ru3(BTC)2Yy]n for the study of possible intrinsic defects, optimized exclusion of the guest<br />

molecules and elaboration of mono-valence Ru analog of HKUST-1. Further, intentional<br />

introduction of defects to [Cu3(BTC)2]n and [Ru3(BTC)2Yy]n respectively by linker and/or<br />

metal doping will be worth investigating. Modifications of the metal sites, generation of<br />

(additional) accessible coordination sites as well as the complexity of the developed<br />

DEMOFs will be studied in detail in Chapters 4 and 5. Moreover, the impact of the defects<br />

engineering on gas sorption and catalysis properties of the resulting DEMOFs will be<br />

explored. It is expected that these study show a comprehensive picture on the DEMOF<br />

derivatives of the selected M-BTC structure and give us deep insights on the defectengineering<br />

of other MOFs.

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