A facile synthesis of UiO-66 systems and their hydrothermal stability

Zirconium-based UiO-66 type MOFs were synthesized using a standard reflux apparatus under a nitrogen atmosphere. This simple synthetic protocol was scaled up to 1 L scale, and can be readily scaled up to allow industrial production of high quality, homogeneous crystalline UiO-66 type MOF materials. The MOFs synthesized in this work exhibited excellent hydrothermal stability.