Issue 6, 2022

Porosity regulation of metal–organic frameworks for high proton conductivity by rational ligand design: mono- versus disulfonyl-4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylic acid

Abstract

Porous crystalline metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) bearing sulfonic groups (–SO3H) are receiving increasing attention as solid-state proton conductors because the –SO3H group can not only enhance the proton concentration, but also form hydrogen bonding networks for high proton conductivity. A large number of 1,4-phenyldicarboxylic acids or biphenyldicarboxylic acids bearing two –SO3H groups have been applied for the synthesis of proton-conducting MOFs. Surprisingly, 4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylic acid bearing one –SO3H group has never been explored for the construction of proton-conducting materials. Herein, we first designed and synthesized 2-sulfonyl-4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylic acid (H3L). By applying this ligand to react with lanthanide salts, a series of three-dimensional MOFs, (Me2NH2)2(H3O)[LnL2]·8H2O (Ln = Eu (1), Gd (2), Tb (3)) have been prepared. Due to the presence of the uncoordinated –SO3H group and the encapsulation of high concentrations of dimethylammonium and hydronium cations in the cavity, the MOFs 1–3 show a high proton conductivity (8.83 × 10−3 S cm−1) at 95 °C and 60% relative humidity (RH). More importantly, this high proton conductivity can be maintained over 72 hours without any significant decrease at low RH.

Graphical abstract: Porosity regulation of metal–organic frameworks for high proton conductivity by rational ligand design: mono- versus disulfonyl-4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylic acid

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Article information

Article type
Research Article
Submitted
24 dec 2021
Accepted
28 jan 2022
First published
28 jan 2022

Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022,9, 1134-1142

Porosity regulation of metal–organic frameworks for high proton conductivity by rational ligand design: mono- versus disulfonyl-4,4′-biphenyldicarboxylic acid

S. Zhang, Y. Xie, M. Yang and D. Zhu, Inorg. Chem. Front., 2022, 9, 1134 DOI: 10.1039/D1QI01610E

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