Controllable Fabrication of Coordination Polymer Particles (CPPs): A Bridge between Versatile Organic Building Blocks and Porous Copper-Based Inorganic Materials

Abstract

Hierarchically micro-/nanostructured coordination polymer [Cu­(2,5-PDC)­H₂O]_<i>n</i> architectures with tunable morphologies have been successfully prepared by rationally adjusting the preparation parameters, such as the reactant concentration, solvent, surfactant, and reaction temperature. Using simple calcinations of chosen shaped [Cu­(2,5-PDC)­H₂O]_<i>n</i> architectures, we can obtain several porous copper-based inorganic motifs, which show potential applications for the antibacterial field and lithium ion batteries. Therein, CuO-1 can kill the Gram-positive bacteria <i>Bacillus subtilis and Staphylococcus aureus</i> better than other materials. The value for initial discharge capacity of CuO-3 (1160 mAh g^–1) is higher than the theoretical capacity (674 mAh g^–1) and most copper oxide materials. Besides, Cu/C composites also show intense application in the antibacterial and Li-ions uptake-release field, which will provide a widely used method to prepare the nanosystem of carbon-coating or carbon-compositing materials by simple calcinations of shaped precursor coordination polymer particles used under the proper temperature