Hao-Tian Li, Jie Gu, Nian-Zu Shu, Guo-Long He, He-Gen Zheng and Chuan-Lei Zhang
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Abstract
The development of the polyolefin industry hinges on the development of high-performance catalysts. Covalent organic frameworks (COFs), as novel porous materials, hold great potential in heterogeneous catalysis. In this study, Ti@COF catalysts, namely Ti@TbDa and Ti@TtDa, were designed and synthesized under solvothermal conditions and post-modification. Ethylene polymerization experiments demonstrated that Ti@TtDa exhibited an extremely high polymerization activity of 4.31 × 104 gPE molTi−1 h−1 at a pressure of 0.5 MPa, and the products have opened up new avenues for the production of ultra-high molecular weight linear polyethylene (Mw = 1.57 × 106 g mol−1) and a low molecular weight distribution (D = 4.80). Such catalysts brought new ideas for the design of olefin polymerization catalysts and contributed to the upgrading of the polyethylene industry.