Overview

This technology is based on a patented family of heterometallic titanium(IV) metal-organic frameworks that combine high porosity, chemical stability and photoactivity in a single crystalline platform. The materials are built from Ti-based inorganic clusters, divalent metal ions and carboxylate organic linkers, enabling direct integration of different metals within the framework.

This heterometallic design allows the optical, electronic and catalytic properties of the MOFs to be tuned through composition, while maintaining stability in water and demanding acid-base environments. The technology has been validated at laboratory scale through synthesis, structural characterisation, porosity, stability and catalytic proof-of-concept studies, and is suitable for further development in photoredox catalysis and photocatalytic CO2 conversion.

Key advantages

• check_circleTitanium-based heterometallic MOF architecture combining ultrahigh surface area and photoredox activity.
• check_circleDesigned for improved stability in water and demanding acid-base conditions.
• check_circleIntrinsic metal doping strategy enabling homogeneous metal distribution.
• check_circleTunable light absorption and electronic properties through metal ratio adjustment.
• check_circleLaboratory evidence of synthesis, porosity, chemical stability and catalytic activity.
• check_circleProtected material family with potential for application-specific development.

Applications

• Photoredox catalysis under visible and UV light.
• Photocatalytic CO2 reduction and solar fuel generation.
• Porous catalytic materials for environmental processes.
• Reactions under inert atmosphere
• Photoactive or porous coatings for contaminant control.
• Advanced materials for research and industrial catalysis platforms.

Collaboration opportunities

• licenseLicensing of protected MOF materials or application-specific embodiments.
• handshakeCo-development with industrial partners for defined organic photoredox synthetic schemes or photocatalysis.
• factoryIndustrial validation of selected materials under relevant operating conditions.
• hubJoint development of CO2 conversion or environmental catalysis applications.
• biotechResearch collaboration to mature the technology from laboratory validation toward application-specific prototypes

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