The invention provides a method for regulating ZIF-8
crystal morphology by utilizing a surfactant and belongs to the technical field of synthesis of porous materials. The method disclosed by the invention is mainly characterized in that the morphology and size of the ZIF-8
crystal are controlled by adding a certain amount of a surfactant. The specific preparation method comprises the following steps: respectively dissolving a
zinc salt, a surfactant and dimethyl
imidazole into a certain amount of water, stirring to enable the components to be fully dissolved, and preparing a solution; mixing adimethyl
imidazole solution and a surfactant solution, fully stirring, finally adding a
zinc salt solution, and mixing and stirring for 10 minutes; then transferring the
mixed solution into a high temperature reactor, and reacting at a constant temperature for several hours; cooling, centrifuging, washing and
drying, thereby obtaining the ZIF-8
crystal. The ZIF-8 crystal prepared by the method has excellent
crystallinity and has five morphologies such as
rhombic dodecahedron, cube, sheet, interpenetration twin and rod. The invention provides a novel method for controlling the morphology and size of MOFs materials.