High adsorption selectivity, capacity and rate of fructose using metal–organic frameworks with abundant zirconium open metal sites

MOF-808 with abundant zirconium sites enables high adsorption selectivity (17.8), high capacity (362 mg g −1 ), and rapid adsorption and separation (18.9 h −1 ) of fructose from glucose and fructose mixed solutions and has excellent cycling stability.