Zhang, Zishi Wang, Chaohai Yao, Yiyuan Zhang, Hao Na, Jongbeom Zhou, Yujun Zhu, Zhigao Qi, Junwen Eguchi, Miharu Yamauchi, Yusuke Li, Jiansheng 2024-01-19T11:31:32Z 2024-01-19T11:31:32Z 2022-09-02 2022-08 2041-6520 https://pubs.kist.re.kr/handle/201004/114794 The organized assembly of nanoparticles into complex macroarchitectures opens up a promising pathway to create functional materials. Here, we demonstrate a scalable strategy to fabricate macroarchitectures with high compressibility and elasticity from hollow particle-based carbon nanofibers. This strategy causes zeolitic imidazolate framework (ZIF-8)-polyacrylonitrile nanofibers to assemble into centimetre-sized aerogels (ZIF-8/NFAs) with expected shapes and tunable functions on a large scale. On further carbonization of ZIF-8/NFAs, ZIF-8 nanoparticles are transformed into a hollow structure to form the carbon nanofiber aerogels (CNFAs). The resulting CNFAs integrate the properties of zero-dimensional hollow structures, one-dimensional nanofibers, and three-dimensional carbon aerogels, and exhibit a low density of 7.32 mg cm(-3), high mechanical strength (rapid recovery from 80% strain), outstanding adsorption capacity, and excellent photo-thermal conversion potential. These results provide a platform for the future development of macroarchitectured assemblies from nanometres to centimetres and facilitate the design of multifunctional materials. English Royal Society of Chemistry Modular assembly of MOF-derived carbon nanofibers into macroarchitectures for water treatment Article 10.1039/d2sc02619h 1 Chemical Science, v.13, no.32, pp.9159 - 9164 Chemical Science 13 32 9159 9164 Y scie scopus 000837759400004 Chemistry, Multidisciplinary Chemistry Article; Early Access AEROGELS EFFICIENT