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ABSTRACT:The development of functional solid-state materials for carbon capture at low carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) concentrations, namely from confined spaces (<0.5 %) and in particular from air (400 ppm), is of prime importance with respect to energy and environment sustainability. Herein, we report the deliberate construction of a hydrolytically stable fluorinated metal-organic framework (MOF), NbOFFIVE-1-Ni, with the appropriate pore system (size, shape and functionality), ideal for the effective and energyefficient traces carbon dioxide removal. Markedly, the CO 2 -selective NbOFFIVE-1-Ni exhibits the highest CO 2 gravimetric and volumetric uptake (ca. 1.3 mmol/g and 51.4 cm 3 (STP).cm -3 ) for a physical adsorbent at 400 ppm CO 2 and 298 K. Practically, the NbOFFIVE-1-Ni offers the complete CO 2 desorption at 328 K under vacuum with an associated moderate energy input of 54 kJ/mol, typical for the full CO 2 desorption in conventional physical adsorbents but considerably lower than chemical sorbents. Noticeably, the contracted square-like channels, affording the close proximity of the fluorine centers, permitted the enhancement of the CO 2 -framework interactions and subsequently the attainment of an unprecedented CO 2 -selectivity at very low CO 2 concentrations. The precise localization of the adsorbed CO 2 at the vicinity of the periodically aligned fluorine centers, promoting the selective adsorption of CO 2 , is evidenced by the single-crystal X-ray diffraction study on t...